John Kennedy ,on November 9, 1960, became the only Roman Catholic to be elected US President so far. Other Catholics have run for President before Kennedy, most notably Al Smith in 1928 , but lost. Current VP Joe Biden is Catholic, as is the losing candidate in 2004, Senator John Kerry.
Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church.Only one United States president, as of 2012, John F. Kennedy has been a Catholic. Other Catholics have been major party nominees but did not win.Ronald Reagan's father was a lapsed Catholic, and Ronald Reagan briefly claimed that Catholicism in his 20's although he was never baptized Catholic and never joined the Church.
John Kennedy, running for president, was Catholic. The issue was whether as President, he would be subject to the will of the Pope and the Catholic Church and put their interests ahead of that of the United States.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr..................................Roman Catholic Justice Antonin Scalia................................................Roman Catholic Justice Anthony Kennedy............................................Roman Catholic Justice Clarence Thomas............................................Roman Catholic Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.......................................Jewish Justice Stephen Breyer...............................................Jewish Justice Samuel Alito..................................................Roman Catholic Justice Sonia Sotomayor............................................Roman Catholic Justice Elena Kagan...................................................Jewish
Andrew Johnson was the only ex-president to return to the US Senate.
In the US, the offices of President and vice-president are the only nationally elected offices.
John F. Kennedy was the first and only Roman Catholic to be US President.
John F. Kennedy is currently the only Catholic US President. It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic president of the United States.
John Kennedy ,on November 9, 1960, became the only Roman Catholic to be elected US President so far. Other Catholics have run for President before Kennedy, most notably Al Smith in 1928 , but lost. Current VP Joe Biden is Catholic, as is the losing candidate in 2004, Senator John Kerry.
John F. Kennedy. He is still the only Catholic president the U.S. has ever had.
Kennedy was the only Catholic to become president .
No, he used a Rheims Douay Bible. (Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the US.)
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the first and only Catholic president of the United States.
Kennedy was the first (and only, as of 2017) Roman Catholic US President. At the time, some Americans were worried that he would take instructions from the Pope.
No he's Baptist. JFK was the only Catholic President in US history.
Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the Catholic Church.Only one United States president, as of 2012, John F. Kennedy has been a Catholic. Other Catholics have been major party nominees but did not win.Ronald Reagan's father was a lapsed Catholic, and Ronald Reagan briefly claimed that Catholicism in his 20's although he was never baptized Catholic and never joined the Church.