Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963 while visiting Dallas , Texas . The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating Kennedy , but the assassination gave rise to a wide array of conspiracy theories . Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic elected president , as well as the youngest candidate ever to win a U.S. presidential election . Historians and political scientists tend to rank Kennedy as an above-average president
a wide array of conspiracy theories
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Presidency of John F. Kennedy