Person:Patrick Kennedy (6)

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  1. Patrick Kennedy1858 - 1929
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  • WMary Hickey1857 - 1923
  1. Joseph Patrick Kennedy1888 - 1969
  2. Francis Benedict Kennedy1891 - 1892
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Name Patrick Kennedy
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Jan 1858 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Mary Hickey
Death[1] 18 May 1929 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q955405?


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Patrick Joseph Kennedy (January 14, 1858 – May 18, 1929) was an American businessman and politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Mary, were the parents of four children, including future U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Their grandchildren through Joseph include U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

After cholera killed his father and brother, Kennedy was the only surviving male in his family. He started work at age fourteen and became a successful businessman, later owning three saloons and a whisky import house. Eventually, he had major interests in coal and banking as well. Kennedy was a major figure in the Democratic Party in Boston. Though he served in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the state Senate, he preferred to play a behind-the-scenes role as a party boss.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 P. J. Kennedy, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.