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Which president started the peace corps?

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John F. Kennedy

While President John F. Kennedy is credited with the creation of the Peace Corps, the first initiative came from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (D-Minnesota), who introduced the first bill to create the Peace Corps in 1957-three years prior to JFK and his University of Michigan speech. (Wikipedia)

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John Kennedy initiated the Peace Corps.
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