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Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Thomas Johns Perry (1807-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Perry —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., February
17, 1807.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Allegany County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1845-47; circuit judge
in Maryland, 1852-61, 1867-71; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Slaveowner.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., June 27,
1871 (age 64 years, 130
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Samuel Sloan (1817-1907) —
of New York.
Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1817.
Importing
business; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1858-59; president, Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
1867-99.
Episcopalian
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
22, 1907 (age 89 years, 271
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.; statue at Erie-Lackawanna Park, Hoboken, N.J.
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Thomas Herbert Shriver (1846-1916) —
also known as T. Herbert Shriver —
of Union Mills, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Union Mills, Carroll
County, Md., February
19, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
co-owner, later president, of the B. F. Shriver Company, canners
of fruits and vegetables; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878-80; member of Maryland
state senate, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1908.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Union Mills, Carroll
County, Md., December
31, 1916 (age 70 years, 316
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Westminster, Md.
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Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) —
also known as P. J. Kennedy —
of Massachusetts.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
14, 1858.
Democrat. Liquor
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1896;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1900.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 18,
1929 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment somewhere
in Malden, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Kennedy and Bridget (Murphy) Kennedy; married, November
23, 1887, to Mary Augusta Hickey; father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; grandfather of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; great-grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) —
also known as John F. Fitzgerald; "Honey
Fitz" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
11, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1901, 1919 (9th District
1895-1901, 10th District 1919); mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1906-08, 1910-14; defeated, 1907; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(speaker),
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1916; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1922; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts.
Catholic.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1950 (age 87 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna (Cox) Fitzgerald; married, September
18, 1889, to Josephine Mary Hannon; father of Rose Elizabeth
Fitzgerald (who married Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.); grandfather of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; great-grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | The John F. Fitzgerald Expressway
(also known as the Central Artery, Interstate 93, U.S. Highway 1, and
Route 3), in Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Texas; Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March
16, 1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 at
Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James Causten Shriver (1870-1948) —
also known as James C. Shriver —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., November
14, 1870.
Democrat. Delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 6th District,
1933; postmaster at Cumberland,
Md., 1935-46.
Died February
4, 1948 (age 77 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Coats Auchincloss (1885-1976) —
also known as James C. Auchincloss —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
19, 1885.
Republican. Mayor of Rumson, N.J., 1938-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1943-65.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., October
2, 1976 (age 91 years, 257
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Gordon Auchincloss (c.1887-1943) —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1887.
Lawyer;
assistant treasurer, Democratic National Committee, 1916; secretary
to his father-in-law, Col. Edward M. House, during negotiations of
the Armistice in 1918 and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919;
director, Chase National Bank and
International Paper
Company; bankruptcy trustee and receiver.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from Hodgkin's
disease, in the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1943 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
28, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; stockbroker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1940.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1976 (age 79 years, 84
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Nina Gore Auchincloss (1903-1978) —
also known as Nina S. Gore; Nina Gore
Vidal —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla., 1903.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940.
Female.
Died in 1978
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married, May 23,
1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; nephew of James
Causten Shriver; grandson of Thomas
Herbert Shriver; great-grandson of Thomas
Johns Perry. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Sargent Shriver Elementary
School, in Silver
Spring, Maryland, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott
Stossel, Sarge:
The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,
A
Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent
Shriver |
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (1915-1944) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hull, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 25,
1915.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Catholic.
Killed
when his Liberator bomber
exploded,
over the English
Channel, August
12, 1944 (age 29 years, 18
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund M. Reggie —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1956,
1968.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) —
also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K.";
"Lancer" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
received a 1957 Pulitzer
Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President
of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Elks.
Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Shot
by a sniper,
Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a
motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177
days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John
F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;
step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton
Ivan Steers Jr.); brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia
Joan Bennett); married, September
12, 1953, to Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III); father of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who
married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: John
B. Connally — Henry
B. Gonzalez — Henry
M. Wade — Walter
Rogers — Gerry
E. Studds — James
B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark
Dalton — Waggoner
Carr — Theodore
C. Sorensen — Pierre
Salinger — John
Bartlow Martin — Abraham
Davenport |
| | | The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River from
Jeffersonville,
Indiana, to Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. half dollar coin. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles
in Courage (1956) |
| | | Books about John F. Kennedy:
Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK
: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An
Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael
O'Brien, John
F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask
Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed
America — Thomas Reeves, A
Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —
Chris Matthews, Jack
Kennedy: Elusive Hero — Shelley Sommer, John
F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:
Seymour Hersh, The
Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK:
the Man and the Myth |
| | | Image source: Warren Commission report
(via Wikipedia) |
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Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (1917-1993) —
also known as Newton Steers —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J., January
13, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1964
(delegation chair); Maryland
Republican state chair, 1964-66; member of Maryland
state senate, 1971-74, 1975-77; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1977-79; defeated,
1980.
Methodist.
Died in 1993
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Lawford (1923-1984) —
also known as Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen Lawford —
Born in London, England,
September
7, 1923.
Democrat. Actor;
naturalized U.S. citizen; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
English
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, while suffering from kidney
failure and liver
failure, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
24, 1984 (age 61 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean; cenotaph at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford and May Somerville (Bunny) Lawford;
married, October
30, 1971, to Mary Rowan; married, June 25,
1976, to Deborah Gould; married, July 5,
1984, to Patricia Seaton; married, April
24, 1954, to Patricia
Helen Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy); father of Christopher Lawford. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father &
Friend." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006) —
also known as Pat Lawford; Patricia Helen
Kennedy —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 2006 (age 82 years, 134
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, April
24, 1954, to Peter
Lawford; mother of Christopher Lawford; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy;
"R.F.K." —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
On June 5, 1968, while running
for president, having just won the California presidential primary,
was shot and
mortally
wounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel,
and died the next day in in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1968 (age 42 years, 199
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, June 17,
1950, to Ethel Skakel; father of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II and Kerry Kennedy (who married Andrew
Mark Cuomo); uncle of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Altman — John
Bartlow Martin — Frank
Mankiewicz — Paul
Schrade |
| | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
(opened 1935, renamed 2001), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur
M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert
Kennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas, Robert
Kennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo, In
His Own Right — Thurston Clarke, The
Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired
America — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Some
of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Bill
Eppridge, A
Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties |
| | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:
Allen Roberts, Robert
Francis Kennedy: Biography of a Compulsive
Politician — Victor Lasky, RFK:
Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The
Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr. (1925-2012) —
also known as Gore Vidal; Edgar Box; Cameron
Kay; Katherine Everard —
of Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Ravello, Italy;
Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born, in the Cadet Hospital,
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., October
3, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1960; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Atheist.
Bisexual.
Novelist,
playwright,
essayist,
screenwriter,
appeared as an actor
in several films. Not actually related to Al
Gore, who he refers to as "Cousin Al".
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 31,
2012 (age 86 years, 302
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III (1927-2015) —
also known as Hugh D. Auchincloss III; Yusha
Auchincloss —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1927.
Independent candidate for Rhode
Island state senate 50th District, 1992.
Died, from cancer,
in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 13,
2015 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Jean Kennedy Smith (1928-2020) —
also known as Jean Ann Kennedy —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
20, 1928.
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1993-98.
Female.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
2020 (age 92 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, May 19,
1956, to Stephen Smith; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) —
also known as Jackie Onassis; Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;
Jacqueline Kennedy —
Born in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 28,
1929.
First
Lady of the United States, 1961-63.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, from non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1994 (age 64 years, 295
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and Janet
Norton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III; married, September
12, 1953, to John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother of Jean
Kennedy Smith; grandson of John
Francis Fitzgerald); married 1968 to
Aristotle Socrates Onassis; mother of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. |
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family. |
| | | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High
School for International Careers, in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
her. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall,
at George Washington University,
Washington,
D.C., is named for
her. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir,
in Central Park,
Manhattan,
New York, is named for
her. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) —
also known as Edward M. Kennedy; Ted Kennedy;
"Lion of the Senate" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born, in St. Margaret's Hospital,
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
22, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009; died in office 2009;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1980;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty to leaving
the scene of an accident after his car plunged off the Dike
Bridge, on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing
passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, on July 18, 1969.
Died, from brain
cancer, in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
25, 2009 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy and Jean
Kennedy Smith; married, November
30, 1958, to Virginia Joan Bennett (divorced 1982); married, July 3,
1992, to Victoria Anne Reggie (daughter of Edmund
M. Reggie); married, November
29, 1958, to Virginia
Joan Bennett (born 1936); father of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); uncle of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Murray
M. Chotiner |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Edward M. Kennedy: True
Compass: A Memoir (2009) |
| | | Books about Edward M. Kennedy: Adam
Clymer, Edward
M. Kennedy: A Biography — Richard E. Burke, The
Senator : My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy — Peter S.
Canellos, Last
Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy |
| | | Critical books about Edward M. Kennedy:
Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The
Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
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Mario Matthew Cuomo (1932-2015) —
also known as Mario M. Cuomo —
of Holliswood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 15,
1932.
Democrat. Played professional
baseball in 1952 for the minor-league Brunswick Pirates; lawyer; law
professor; secretary
of state of New York, 1975-78; Liberal candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1979-82; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988;
Governor
of New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2015 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Joan Bennett Kennedy (b. 1936) —
also known as Virginia Joan Bennett; Mrs. Edward M.
Kennedy —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
2, 1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) —
also known as Arnold Schwarzenegger; "Arnie";
"Conan the Republican"; "The
Governator"; "The Austrian Oak" —
of Brentwood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Thal, Styria, Austria,
July
30, 1947.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; actor
in numerous movies,
including Pumping Iron, the Terminator series, Conan the
Barbarian, Predator, Total Recall, and others; Governor of
California, 2003-; he and his wife separated
in 2011 after revealing that his sexual
contact with a member of his household staff resulted in a child
ten years earlier.
Catholic.
Austrian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia (Jadrny) Schwarzenegger;
married, April
26, 1986, to Maria Owings Shriver (daughter of Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.; sister of Mark
Kennedy Shriver; niece of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arnold
: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) — Total
Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story (2012) |
| | | Books about Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Nigel Andrews, True
Myths : The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Pumping
Iron to Governor of California — Susan Zannos, Arnold
Schwarzenegger — Laurence Leamer, Fantastic
: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Michael Blitz &
Louise Krasniewicz, Why
Arnold Matters: The Rise of a Cultural Icon — Ian
Halperin, The
Governator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, the
Improbable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Colleen A.
Sexton, Arnold
Schwarzenegger (for young readers) |
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (b. 1951) —
also known as Kathleen Hartington Kennedy —
of Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 4,
1951.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1986; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1995-2003; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 2002.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (b. 1952) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy II —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
24, 1952.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1987-99; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Andrew Mark Cuomo (b. 1957) —
also known as Andrew M. Cuomo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
6, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1997-2001; New York
state attorney general, 2007-10; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2008;
Governor
of New York, 2011-.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2023.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999) —
also known as John F. Kennedy, Jr.;
"John-John"; "The American
Son" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
founder, George magazine.
Catholic.
Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in a plane
crash, near Martha's Vineyard, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, July 16,
1999 (age 38 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Mark Kennedy Shriver (b. 1964) —
of West Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1964.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 15, 1995-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Patrick Joseph Kennedy (b. 1967) —
also known as Patrick J. Kennedy —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1967.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1988-94; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1995-; pleaded
guilty in 2006 to charges
of driving
under
the influence of prescription drugs.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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