profiles in courage

     

Profiles in Courage is a book written by John F. Kenney, describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators from throughout the Senate's history. The profiled senators crossed party lines and/or defied the public opinion of their constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions.

Trivia about profiles in courage

  • One of its title studies is Sen. Edmund Ross' 1868 vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson
  • In May, John F. Kennedy was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Biography for this book
  • An "Inaugural Edition" of this JFK book was a bestseller in 1963, the "Memorial Edition" in 1964
  • In the 1960s both an inaugural edition & a memorial edition of this book by JFK were bestsellers
  • While recovering from back surgery, JFK penned this 1957 winner, the stories of 8 U.S. Senators
  • In 1963 JFK donated his Pulitzer Prize money from this book to the United Negro College Fund
  • John Quincy Adams & Sam Houston were 2 of the 8 brave senators JFK wrote about in this Pulitzer-winning 1956 book

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