Fifty Years Since Kennedy Beat Nixon Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email John Fitzgerald Kennedy (R) is sworn in as the 35th US president by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren (L) in front of the Capitol in Washington on January 20, 1961. ( STF/AFP / Getty ) Produced by David J Fazekas Produced by PRI and WNYC