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    John F. Fitzgerald

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  1. 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 ...

  2. Feb 25, 2024 · John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863–October 2, 1950) was an Irish-American politician and the maternal grandfather of US President John F. Kennedy. Fitzgerald was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Irish immigrants, Thomas Fitzgerald of County Limerick and Rosanna Cox of County Cavan.

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  3. John F. Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, 1906. Library of Congress. Fitzgerald’s natural loquaciousness prepared him well for the insurance business and local politics. Confident Politician. Elected ...

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  4. May 28, 2020 · John Francis Fitzgerald, the first Irish American Catholic mayor of Boston, later advised his grandson, John F. Kennedy, during his Congressional campaign. ... His parents would go onto have 12 ...

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  6. May 17, 2017 · John F. Fitzgerald pictured in a 1910 family portrait. Globe file. By Nik DeCosta-Klipa. May 17, 2017 Facebook; Twitter; Email; Email; Nearly 100 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was born in a ...

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  7. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America’s first Irish-Catholic president, was the offspring of two families whose roots stretched back to Ireland. The Fitzgerald family was from western Ireland in the rural County Limerick village of Bruff. Sometime between 1846 and 1855 some of the Fitzgeralds migrated to America because of the devastating potato famine. Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Bruff in 1823 ...

  8. John Francis “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald (1863-1950) was a Boston politician and grandfather to President Kennedy. Early in his life, fateful events led John Fitzgerald into politics. He served as a State Senator, a U.S. Congressman, and the first American-born Irish mayor of Boston, MA. His life, career, and legacy assisted and influenced the ...