. . . JFK was a bootlegging socialist.
Personally I think he was assassinated because he was 'dangerously' left.
BTW quite a few of the greatest POTUS's in our history were NOT career politician lawyers, they were military. Including LBJ and JFK.
Both of whom were also pols before they reached the presidency. U.S. Grant was not, and he made a hot mess of it. Ike did OK, but he was fortunate in his times.