Which president, the 35th, was the only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer Prize and was assassinated in Dallas in 1963?

• A. Lyndon B. Johnson
• B. Dwight D. Eisenhower
• C. John F. Kennedy
• D. Richard Nixon

Answer: (C)

This question focuses on identifying a president by linking distinctive facts about his life. John F. Kennedy is the person who matches all three clues: he was the 35th president, he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, and he won a Pulitzer Prize for Profiles in Courage in 1957. That book earned the prize for Biography or Autobiography and highlighted acts of political bravery by eight U.S. senators, showing Kennedy’s impact as a writer as well as a leader.

The other men listed were presidents too, but none won a Pulitzer Prize. Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president, Eisenhower the 34th, and Nixon the 37th, but none are associated with a Pulitzer Prize in their biographies.