Friday, January 23, 1953

January 23, 1953

JFK is in the Capitol and is sworn in as Massachusetts’ new senator by Vice-President Alvin Barkley. Kennedy is with several other new senators and is standing next to the the Vice-President as he raises his right hand.

A short video clip of the ceremony can be seen in the 1964 documentary of Kennedy narrated by Cliff Robinson at about minute 7:45 of the video below.

http://sites/dailyjfk.com/files.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Dr__iShwI