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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.
Confident Politician. Elected to serve in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1892, Fitzgerald won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives three years later. He did not distinguish himself in...
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John Francis Fitzgerald. US Congressman. He was a controversial Boston politician, known as Fitzie in his youth and Honey Fitz in later years. He is best known as the maternal grandfather of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.
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Learn about the life and career of John Fitzgerald, the first American-born Irish mayor of Boston and the grandfather of President Kennedy. Find out how he rose from a ward boss to a popular leader, and how he influenced the rise of his grandson.
John Fitzgerald, known as “Fitzie” in his youth and “Honey Fitz” in later years, grew up in Boston’s North End and forced himself on the city’s Brahmin society. He attended Boston Latin School,...
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May 28, 2020 · John Francis Fitzgerald was the first Irish American Catholic mayor of Boston - his political career helped pave the way for his grandson to become President of the United States.
May 17, 2017 · Congressional candidate John F. Kennedy votes with his grandparents, “Honey Fitz” and Mary H. Fitzgerald, during the state Democratic primary in June 1946. But Fitzgerald never got to see the...