Kennedy, Nixon elected to House as GOP captures Congress in midterm elections 80 years ago today (Nov 5 1946)


Image: 'President Nixon Recalls Meeting JFK For First Time'

(Tuesday, November 5, 1946; during the 1946 United States elections) — Future presidents Democrat John F. Kennedy, 29, (Massachusetts 11th district) and Republican Richard Nixon, 33, (California’s 12th district) first won election to Congress today as Republicans captured control of both the Senate and the House in midterm elections.


Image: 'JFK & Nixon (Back Row on Right)'

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