Step 1 : Introduction to the question "JFK was the first President to follow which faith?"
...As a member of a Roman Catholic family, JFK had an uphill road to the presidency, as prejudice against Catholics was widespread in the U.S. in 1960. There had been only one Catholic presidential nominee before Kennedy, New York Governor Alfred Smith, and he was handily defeated, partly due to anti-Catholic slurs. Nonetheless, JFK won the 1960 race, becoming the first Catholic President in the U.S.