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John F. Kennedy
His first include:
First president who was Catholic.
First president born in the 20th century.
First president to have been a Boy Scout.
First president of entirely Irish descent.
First president who had no ancestry from the American colonial period.
First president to have previously served in the United States Navy.
First president to receive the Purple Heart, awarded in 1943 after he was wounded in action aboard PT-109.
First president (along with future president Richard Nixon) to participate in the first televised presidential debates.
First president to win in a case of dueling electors without counsel.
First president to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
First president to have an inaugural poet; Robert Frost.
First president to use the Situation Room.
First president to visit Austria, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ireland while in office.
First president to be survived by both his parents.
First president to have both parents alive for his entire presidency.
First president to be survived by a grandparent.
First president to have a grandparent alive for his presidency.
First president to receive the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, awarded for his heroism as commanding officer of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 when the ship was rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri in 1943.
First president to ceremoniously grant a non-U.S. citizen honorary citizenship.
First president to have an airport named after him