Kennedy family political line

This article lists the Kennedy family political line. The Kennedys are the wealthy family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and prominent in American politics and government.

*Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929), Massachusetts State Representative 1884-1889, Massachusetts State Senator 1889-1895. Father of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#S7K0ZPSI7]
*John F. Fitzgerald (1863-1950), Massachusetts State Senator 1893-1894, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1895-1901 1919-1921, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1906-1907 1910-1913; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1912 1932; candidate for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts 1916; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts 1922. Father-in-law of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000164]
**Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1938-1940. Son of Patrick Joseph Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#RIL19F6YY]
***Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (1915-1944), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1940. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#S7L0298NO]
***John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1947-1953, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1953-1960, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1956, candidate for Democratic nominations for Vice President of the United States 1956, President of the United States 1961-1963. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000107]
***Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1956 1960, Attorney General of the United States 1961-1964, U.S. Senator from New York 1965-1968, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1968, assassinated during campaign. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000114]
***Jean Kennedy Smith (1928-), U.S. Ambassador to Ireland 1993-1998. Daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#00E02Y0CP]
***Edward M. Kennedy (1932-), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1962-present, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1980, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 2000 2004. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000105]
***Sargent Shriver (1915-), U.S. Ambassador to France 1968-1970, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1972, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1976. Son-in-law of Joseph P. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#RIQ0XJD9R]
***Newton Steers (1917-1993), candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1962 1980, Chairman of the Maryland Republican Committee 1964-1966, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1964 1984, Maryland State Senator 1971-1977, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1977-1979, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1982. Stepbrother-in-law of John F. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000844]
***Gore Vidal (1925-), candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1960, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from California 1982. Stepbrother-in-law of John F. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#0FI01EU6B]
***Hugh Auchincloss III (1929-), candidate for Rhode Island State Senate 1992. Stepbrother-in-law of John F. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#1I6122LRA]
***Joan Bennett Kennedy (1936-), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1964. Former wife of Edward M. Kenned. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#2B00VFGW7]
****Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (1951-), candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1986, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1988 1996 2000 2004, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1995-2003, candidate for Governor of Maryland 2002. Daughter of Robert F. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townsend.html#S5M0QUEXU]
****Joseph P. Kennedy II (1952-), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1987-1999. Son of Robert F. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000110]
****Robert S. Shriver III (1954-), Santa Monica, California Councilman 2004-present. Son of Sargent Shriver. [http://www.data.org/about/bod_shriver.html]
****Mark Shriver (1964-), Maryland House Delegate 1995-2003, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative from Maryland 2002. Son of Sargent Shriver. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#S911DKANB]
****Patrick J. Kennedy (1967-), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1988 2000 2004, Rhode Island State Representative 1988-1994, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1995-present. Son of Edward M. Kennedy. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000113]
****Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Governor of California 2003-present. Son-in-law of Sargent Shriver. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#12F1CZWD0]
****Andrew Cuomo (1957-), U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1997-2001, candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor of New York 2002, Attorney General of New York 2007-present. Former son-in-law of Robert F. Kennedy. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#06V0P0G05]

NOTE: Sargent Shriver is also a descendant of Maryland Assemblyman David Shriver. Gore Vidal is also grandson of U.S. Senator Thomas P. Gore [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000323] . Andrew Cuomo is also son of New York Governor Mario Cuomo [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#RH11DYYWR] .

ee Also

*Kennedy family
*Kennedy curse
*List of United States political families

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