Gallery: President John F. Kennedy through the years

Herald-Dispatch photo archive President John F. Kennedy, right, visited Huntington prior to his election in 1960. His victory in West Virginia's primary election is widely credited for spring-boarding him into the White House. Born May 29, 1917, he was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963. In the middle is John J. McOwen, a Cabell County lawyer who was the first president of the West Virginia Civil Liberties Union. He died Dec. 25, 2003, at age 79. At left is Andrew J. Houvouras Jr., according to his son Tom Houvouras.

The Associated PressMassachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy receives a hearty welcome at the Charelston airport Sept. 19, 1960. From left are West Virginia's two senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph. At right is state Attorney General W.W. Barron, the Democratic nominee for governor.

The Associated PressMassachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy, center, campaigns in Spencer, W.Va., on May 7, 1960.

The Associated PressMassachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy arrives at Morris Harvey College in Charleston on April 11, 1960, to make the opening speech of his West Virginia campaign for president.

The Associated PressMassachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy was greeted by sign-carrying admirers when he arrived Sept. 19, 1960, at Kanawha Airport outside of Charleston, where he later spoke at a rally in the Civic Center.

The Associated PressThe political magic of his father's name rides with Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., right, as he tours West Virginia with then-Sen. John F. Kennedy, left, in April 1960 during Kennedy's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Between them is State Sen. Ward Wylie, Kennedy's West Virginia campaign chairman. Roosevelt's five weeks of work in the crucial state was a factor in Kennedy's success. Later, President Kennedy named him under secretary of commerce.

Herald-Dispatch photo archives Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy shakes hands with a woman at the Dress Factory in 1960 during a campaign visit to Huntington, W.Va.

Herald-Dispatch photo archives Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy shakes hands May 6, 1960, during a campaign visit to Huntington, W.Va.

An archive photo of John F. Kennedy's marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, R.I., on September 12 ,1953. (AP Photo/Cecil Yates)

President John F. Kennedy is shown in this undated handout photo. (AP Photo/The History Channel, Paul Schutzer)

John F. Kennedy Jr. pulls on the simulated pearl necklace worn by his mother, first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, at the White House in Washington in August 1962. (AP Photo/John F. Kennedy Library, File)

This is a ticket for Capitol seating area for President Kennedy's inaugural on Jan. 20, 1961.

The Associated PressPresident Kennedy delivers his inaugural address at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1961.

President John F. Kennedy, left, is shown with Frank Sinatra at the Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., in this Jan. 20, 1961, file photo. (AP Photo, File)

John F. Kennedy at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti, 1960. Note on back identifies "Our Phyllis, JFK, David Fox and Ken Hechler. Original photo by Maurice Kaplan, The Herald-Dispatch.

The Herald-DispatchThree people who posed with then-Sen. John F. Kennedy at Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House in the Spring of 1960 re-enact the noted portrait. From left, are Phyllis Elkins, who has been a waitress at Jim's for 56 years, David Fox Jr., who was the Democrats' Cabell County chairman, and Ken Hechler, who was running for his second term as a U.S. congressman from West Virginia. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy are greeted upon their arrival at the airport in Dallas, Texas, in this Nov. 22, 1963, file photo. Later that day, the president was assassinated. (AP Photo/FILE)

President John F. Kennedy is seen riding in motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. In the car riding with Kennedy are Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and Gov. and Mrs. John Connally of Texas. (AP Photo)

John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes the casket of President Kennedy outside St. Matthews Cathedral following funeral Mass in Washington Nov. 25, 1963. His mother, Jacqueline, and uncle Robert stand beside him. (AP Photo/File)

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy, kneels to place flowers on his grave in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on the 40th anniversary of his death, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Behind her in front row are, from right, Victoria Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, JFK's brother Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Ethel Kennedy, Robert Kennedy's widow, Caroline's son John Schlossberg, her husband Edwin Schlossberg, and daughters Tatiana and Rose Schlossberg. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)