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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was a patriarch of the Kennedy family, which included President John F. Kennedy, attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime senator Ted Kennedy.
The Kennedy family (Irish: Ó Cinnéide) is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business.In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office, serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895.
Rose Kennedy (left) and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in 1940. Rose Kennedy was a strict Catholic [11] throughout her life. Even after her 100th birthday, she rarely missed Sunday Mass and maintained an "extremely prudish" exterior. [13]
While it continues to be considered a formal event today, there was a time when presidents routinely wore top hats to their inaugurations. ... With both of his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and ...
In 1941, Joe Kennedy Sr. organized for his daughter, then 23, to have a lobotomy, with disastrous consequences. Eunice and Rosemary Kennedy pictured aboard the S. S. Manhattan in New York in 1938 ...
Born from an unexpected snub at an exclusive country club, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.’s purchase of the Malcolm Cottage in 1928 laid the foundation for what would become a legendary family retreat.
Jean Ann Kennedy Smith (February 20, 1928 – June 17, 2020) was an American diplomat, activist, humanitarian, [1] and author who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998. She was a member of the Kennedy family, the eighth of nine children, and youngest daughter, born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., with his characteristic flair for grandeur, expanded the original structure into a 21-room mansion, complete with 12 bedrooms, a steam room, and—in a nod to his Hollywood ...