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John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. Fitzgerald served as mayor of Boston and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He also made unsuccessful runs for the United States Senate in 1916 and 1942 and governor of Massachusetts ...
Returning to Boston, Fitzgerald won the office of mayor on a reform platform. “The people not the bosses must rule! Bigger, Better, Busier Boston!” was his slogan.
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May 17, 2017 · Nicknamed “Honey Fitz” for his animated personality, the colorful John Francis Fitzgerald left an enduring mark on both his grandson and the city itself. From poverty to political powerhouse
After convincing the most powerful ward boss in Boston, Martin Lomasney, to work the machine in his favor, Fitzgerald decisively won. Two years later, Fitzgerald was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the 9 th district through a combination of energetic campaigning and Lomasney’s support.
May 28, 2020 · May 28, 2020. John Francis 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald, the maternal grandfather to President John F. Kennedy. United States Library of Congress / digital ID ggbain.34078. John Francis...
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Mayor John Francis Fitzgerald. First Administration, 1906-1907. "Born in Boston, February 11, 1863; died October 2 1950; served as Boston Mayor during 1906-1907. His second administration was from 1910 to 1913. Mayor Fitzgerald had served as a member of the Common Council, as a state senator, and finally as a member of Congress.
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Francis Russell. August 1968. Volume. 19. Issue. 5. The three-act play runs a century: sixty years from the Great Hunger in Ireland to the election of John Francis Fitzgerald—“Honey Fit” to Massachusetts—as mayor of Boston; forty more years to see his namesake-grandson, the twenty-nine-year-old John Fitzgerald Kennedy, elected to ...
