<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1960 United States presidential election">elected</a> as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, who would later be elected president in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a>  and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1972 United States presidential election">1972</a>.