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Joseph P. Kennedy (born September 6, 1888, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 18, 1969, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts) was an American businessman and financier who served in government commissions in Washington, D.C. (1934–37), and as ambassador to Great Britain (1937–40).
- Who Was Joseph P. Kennedy?
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Joseph P. Kennedy is best known for being the father of three political leaders: President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, who served as a U.S. senator and attorney general. Kennedy became a bank president by age 25, also holding positions as a shipyard manager and movie studio owner. By age 30, he was a millionaire. I...
Born on September 6, 1888, to an Irish Catholic family in Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph Patrick Kennedy overcame the class prejudices of the era and enrolled at Harvard University. He graduated from the school in 1912, and, by the age of 25, had become president of a bank. He also found work as a shipyard manager around this time, and became known ...
In the 1932 presidential election, Kennedy supported Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, in turn, named Kennedy chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed as chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission. In 1937, Kennedy became the first Irish American to serve as the U.S. British ambassador, a positio...
Kennedy suffered a debilitating stroke in 1961. He died at the Kennedy compound, on Cape Cod along Nantucket Sound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, on November 18, 1969, at the age of 81. Watch "Joseph Kennedy Sr.: The Father of an American Dynasty" on HISTORY Vault
In August 1943, John was badly injured and narrowly escaped death in an attack on his boat by a Japanese destroyer. A little more than a year later, on August 12 1944, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was killed when his plane, packed with explosives for a top-secret bombing raid, exploded over southeast England.
Business career. Political career. Personal life. See also. References. Bibliography. External links. Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Joseph Patrick Kennedy (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician.
Beginnings. Early in his career, Joe’s job as state bank examiner made him privy to an attempt to take over the Columbia Trust, Boston’s only Irish-owned bank. His reward for organizing a...
Foundation, Joseph Kennedy, Jr.: Founded in 1946. Hayden-Stone Co., a Boston investment banking firm: Named to Board May 29, 1917. Named manager of Boston office June 1919. Hollywood: Began career with the purchase of Film Booking Offices of America in February 1926. Leaves Hollywood with an estimated fortune of $5 million in 1930.
6 September 1888. Boston, Massachusetts. Died: 18 November 1969. Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The measure of a man’s success in life is not the money he’s made. It’s the kind of family he has raised.” —Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Spouse: Rose Fitzgerald (1914- 1969) Parents: Patrick (P.J.) Kennedy. Mary Augusta Hickey. Education: Harvard University.
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