Who Was The First Catholic Us President?
Joe Biden is the second Catholic to hold the office of president; John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic to hold that position.
Was JFK the first Catholic president?
Getty As the United States of America races toward the Presidential Election in 2020, we take a look at the fact that John F. Kennedy was the first and only Catholic to be elected to the position of President of the United States. It is important to keep in mind that Joe Biden is a member of the Roman Catholic faith.
Was Al Smith the first Catholic president?
Many people are also aware of the fact that Al Smith was the first Catholic to run for president, and that he did so in 1928. However, very few people are aware of the Catholic Civil War commander who came close to becoming Abraham Lincoln’s vice president and who, had Lincoln not been killed, would have been next in line to become president of the United States.
Will a Catholic ever be president again?
John F. Kennedy was the first person to break that barrier, but the fact that he was a devout Catholic almost cost him the election and was seen by many as a disadvantage. It is an astonishing condition of circumstances that, in the years after his murder, no Catholic candidate has come close to winning the election for president.