Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames 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. | |  Thomas Johns Perry (1807-1871) — also known asThomas J. Perry — of Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.Born in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,February17, 1807.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates from Allegany County, 1836;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1845-47; circuit judgein Maryland, 1852-61, 1867-71;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,June 27,1871 (age64 years, 130days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md. | | Samuel Sloan (1817-1907) — of New York. Born in County Down, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December25, 1817.Importingbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 2nd District, 1858-59; president, Delaware,Lackawanna and WesternRailroad,1867-99.EpiscopalianorChristianReformed. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died in Garrison,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1907 (age89 years, 271days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.; statue atErie-Lackawanna Park, Hoboken, N.J.  | Thomas Herbert Shriver (1846-1916) — also known asT. Herbert Shriver — of Union Mills,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Union Mills,CarrollCounty, Md.,February19, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;co-owner, later president, of the B. F. Shriver Company,cannersof fruits and vegetables; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1878-80; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1908.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Union Mills,CarrollCounty, Md.,December31, 1916 (age70 years, 316days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Westminster, Md. | | Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) — also known asP. J. Kennedy — of Massachusetts. Born in East Boston, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January14, 1858.Democrat.Liquorbusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1896;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1890; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1900.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 18,1929 (age71 years, 124days).Intermentsomewherein Malden, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Patrick Kennedy and Bridget (Murphy) Kennedy; married,November23, 1887, to Mary Augusta Hickey; father ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; grandfather ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy,PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; great-grandfather ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) — also known asJohn F. Fitzgerald;"HoneyFitz" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February11, 1863.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1893-94;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1901, 1919 (9th District1895-1901, 10th District 1919);mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1906-08, 1910-14; defeated, 1907; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1912(speaker),1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1916; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1922; Democratic Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,1933.Catholic.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1950 (age87 years, 233days).Interment atSt.Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna (Cox) Fitzgerald; married,September18, 1889, to Josephine Mary Hannon; father of Rose ElizabethFitzgerald (who marriedJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.); grandfather ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy (who marriedJaquelineLee Bouvier),PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; great-grandfather ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The John F. FitzgeraldExpressway(also known as the Central Artery, Interstate 93, U.S. Highway 1, andRoute 3), inBoston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) — also known asOliver G. Jennings — of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April27, 1865.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1921;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, BethlehemSteelCorporation; director,Grocery StoreProducts, Inc.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Skulland Bones.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in the HarborSanitarium,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1936 (age71 years, 169days).Interment atOakLawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.  | Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known asThomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born near Embry,WebsterCounty, Miss.,December10, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1898;memberOklahoma 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 ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Woodmen;Elks.Blinddue to an accident suffered when he was a boy;firstblind member of the U.S. Senate.DiedMarch16, 1949 (age78 years, 96days).Originally entombed atRoseHill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | James Causten Shriver (1870-1948) — also known asJames C. Shriver — of Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.Born in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,November14, 1870.Democrat.Delegateto Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 6th District,1933; postmaster atCumberland,Md., 1935-46.DiedFebruary4, 1948 (age77 years, 82days).Burial location unknown. | | James Coats Auchincloss (1885-1976) — also known asJames C. Auchincloss — of Rumson,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1885.Republican. Mayor of Rumson, N.J., 1938-43;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1943-65.Died inAlexandria,Va.,October2, 1976 (age91 years, 257days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Gordon Auchincloss (1886-1943) — of Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1886.Lawyer;assistant treasurer, Democratic National Committee, 1916; secretaryto his father-in-law, Col. Edward M. House, during negotiations ofthe Armistice in 1918 and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919;director, Chase NationalBank andInternationalPaperCompany; bankruptcy trustee and receiver.Member,PsiUpsilon.Died, fromHodgkin'sdisease, in the Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1943 (age56 years, 305days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) — also known asJoseph P. Kennedy;JoeKennedy —of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September6, 1888.Supervisor of theshipyardat Quincy, Mass.;banker;stockbroker;owner and financier ofmoviestudios in the 1920s; organized the merger that createdRadio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities andExchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1938-40.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, of complications from astroke,in Hyannis Port, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,November18, 1969 (age81 years, 73days).Interment atHolyhoodCemetery, Brookline, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married,October7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); father ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy (who marriedJaquelineLee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; grandfather ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: RichardJ. Whalen,TheFounding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,Wealth, and Family Ambition | | | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:Ronald Kessler,TheSins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty HeFounded — Ted Schwarz,JosephP. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of anAmerican Myth |
| | Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (1897-1976) — also known asHugh D. Auchincloss — ofFairfax,Va.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,August28, 1897.Republican.Lawyer;stockbroker;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1940.Died inWashington,D.C.,November20, 1976 (age79 years, 84days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I. | | Nina Gore Olds (1903-1978) — also known asNina S. Gore;Nina Gore Vidal;NinaGore Auchincloss —ofFairfax,Va.Born in Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.,June 25,1903.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1940.Female.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1978 (age74 years, 282days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) — also known asR. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;"Sarge" —Born in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,November9, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1968-70; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1976.Catholic.Germanancestry. Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1994.Died, fromAlzheimer'sdisease, in SuburbanHospital,Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January18, 2011 (age95 years, 70days).Interment atSt. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married,May 23,1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy,PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; aunt ofKathleenKennedy Townsend andRobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who marriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger) andMarkKennedy Shriver; nephew ofJamesCausten Shriver; grandson ofThomasHerbert Shriver; great-grandson ofThomasJohns Perry. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Sargent ShriverElementarySchool, inSilverSpring, Maryland, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: ScottStossel,Sarge:The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,AGood Man: Rediscovering My Father, SargentShriver |
| | Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. (1915-1944) — also known asJoseph P. Kennedy, Jr. — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Hull,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 25,1915.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1940;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.Catholic.Killedwhen his Liberatorbomberexploded,over theEnglishChannel,August12, 1944 (age29 years, 18days).Burial location unknown. | | Edmund M. Reggie — of Crowley,AcadiaParish, La.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1956,1968.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy;"J.F.K.";"Lancer" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, 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 DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;received a 1957PulitzerPrize for his bookProfiles in Courage;Presidentof the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AmericanLegion;Elks.Kennedy was posthumously awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1963.Shotby asniper,Lee Harvey Oswald, whileriding in amotorcade, and died in ParklandHospital,Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November22, 1963 (age46 years, 177days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atJohnF. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who marriedNewtonIvan Steers Jr.); brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy (who marriedVirginiaJoan Bennett); married,September12, 1953, toJaquelineLee Bouvier (step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III); father ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (whomarriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger),KathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnB. Connally —HenryB. Gonzalez —HenryM. Wade —WalterRogers —GerryE. Studds —JamesB. McCahey, Jr. —MarkDalton —WaggonerCarr —TheodoreC. Sorensen —PierreSalinger —JohnBartlow Martin —AbrahamDavenport —NellieConnally | | | | The John F. Kennedy MemorialBridge(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River fromJeffersonville,Indiana, toLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. half dollar coin. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by John F. Kennedy:Profilesin Courage (1956) | | | | Books about John F. Kennedy:Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze,JFK: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek,AnUnfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — MichaelO'Brien,JohnF. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke,AskNot : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That ChangedAmerica — Thomas Reeves,AQuestion of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —Chris Matthews,JackKennedy: Elusive Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Shelley Sommer,JohnF. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:Seymour Hersh,TheDark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow,TheBest 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) |
| | Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (1917-1993) — also known asNewton Steers — of Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Glen Ridge,EssexCounty, N.J.,January13, 1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1964(delegation chair);MarylandRepublican state chair, 1964-66; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1971-74, 1975-77;U.S.Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1977-79; defeated,1980.Methodist.Died in1993(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown. | | Peter Lawford (1923-1984) — also known asPeter Sydney Ernest Aylen Lawford — Born in London,England,September7, 1923.Democrat.Actor;naturalized U.S. citizen;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Englishancestry.Died, fromcardiacarrest, while suffering fromkidneyfailure andliverfailure, in Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December24, 1984 (age61 years, 108days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean; cenotaph atWestwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford and May Somerville (Bunny) Lawford;married,October30, 1971, to Mary Rowan; married,June 25,1976, to Deborah Gould; married,July 5,1984, to Patricia Seaton; married,April24, 1954, toPatriciaHelen Kennedy (daughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy); father of Christopher Lawford. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father &Friend." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006) — also known asPat Lawford;Patricia HelenKennedy —of Santa Monica,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 6,1924.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1960;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1960.Female.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in ahospitalat Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 2006 (age82 years, 134days).Interment atSouthamptonCemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives:Daughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,April24, 1954, toPeterLawford; mother of Christopher Lawford; aunt ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known asRobert F. Kennedy;Bobby Kennedy;"R.F.K." —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.; Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November20, 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; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1968.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.On June 5, 1968, whilerunningfor president, having just won the California presidential primary,wasshot andmortallywounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the AmbassadorHotel,and died the next day in in Good SamaritanHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 6,1968 (age42 years, 199days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,June 17,1950, to Ethel Skakel; father ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy (who marriedAndrewMark Cuomo); uncle ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminAltman —JohnBartlow Martin —FrankMankiewicz —PaulSchrade | | | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of JusticeBuilding(opened 1935, renamed 2001), inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: ArthurM. Schlesinger Jr.,RobertKennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas,RobertKennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo,InHis Own Right — Thurston Clarke,TheLast Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That InspiredAmerica — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — BillEppridge,ATime it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:Allen Roberts,RobertFrancis Kennedy: Biography of a CompulsivePolitician — Victor Lasky,RFK:Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr. (1925-2012) — also known asGore Vidal;Edgar Box;CameronKay;Katherine Everard —of Barrytown,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Ravello,Italy;Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born, in the CadetHospital,U.S. Military Academy, West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1960;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 29th District, 1960; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1982.Atheist.Bisexual.Novelist,playwright,essayist,screenwriter,appeared as anactorin several films. Not actually related toAlGore, who he refers to as "Cousin Al".Died, from complications ofpneumonia,in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 31,2012 (age86 years, 302days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III (1927-2015) — also known asHugh D. Auchincloss III;YushaAuchincloss —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1927.Independent candidate forRhodeIsland state senate 50th District, 1992.Died, fromcancer,in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,June 13,2015 (age87 years, 270days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I. | | Jean Kennedy Smith (1928-2020) — also known asJean Ann Kennedy — of New York. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February20, 1928.U.S. Ambassador toIreland, 1993-98.Female.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 17,2020 (age92 years, 118days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy (who marriedJaquelineLee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,May 19,1956, to Stephen Smith; aunt ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile |
| | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) — also known asJackie Onassis;Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;Jacqueline Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 28,1929.FirstLady of the United States, 1961-63.Female.Catholic.Longtime companion ofMauriceTempelsman.Died, fromnon-Hodgkinlymphoma, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 19,1994 (age64 years, 295days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and JanetNorton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III; married,September12, 1953, toJohnFitzgerald Kennedy (son ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother ofJeanKennedy Smith; grandson ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); married1968 toAristotle Socrates Onassis; mother ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisHighSchool for International Careers, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) — also known asEdward M. Kennedy;Ted Kennedy;"Lion of the Senate" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born, in St. Margaret'sHospital,Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February22, 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.Irishancestry.Pleadedguilty toleavingthe scene of an accident after his car plunged off the DikeBridge, on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts,killingpassenger Mary Jo Kopechne, on July 18, 1969.Died, frombraincancer, in Hyannis Port, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,August25, 2009 (age77 years, 184days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy andJeanKennedy Smith; married,November30, 1958, to Virginia Joan Bennett (divorced 1982); married,July 3,1992, to Victoria Anne Reggie (daughter ofEdmundM. Reggie); married,November29, 1958, toVirginiaJoan Bennett (born 1936); father ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); uncle ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr. andMarkKennedy Shriver; grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:MurrayM. Chotiner | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Edward M. Kennedy:TrueCompass: A Memoir (2009) | | | | Books about Edward M. Kennedy: AdamClymer,EdwardM. Kennedy: A Biography — Richard E. Burke,TheSenator : My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy — Peter S.Canellos,LastLion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy | | | | Critical books about Edward M. Kennedy:Bernard Goldberg,100People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is#37) — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | Joan Bennett Kennedy (b. 1936) — also known asVirginia Joan Bennett;Mrs. Edward M.Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1936.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1964.Female.Still living as of 2008. | | Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) — also known asArnold Schwarzenegger;"Arnie";"Conan the Republican";"TheGovernator";"The Austrian Oak" —of Brentwood, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Thal, Styria,Austria,July30, 1947.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;actorin numerousmovies,includingPumping Iron, the Terminator series,Conan theBarbarian,Predator,Total Recall, and others;Governor ofCalifornia, 2003-11; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for California,2004(on behalf ofGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney); he and his wifeseparatedin 2011 after revealing that hissexualcontact with a member of his household staff resulted in a childten years earlier.Catholic.Austrianancestry.Still living as of 2022.| | Relatives: Sonof Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia (Jadrny) Schwarzenegger;married,April26, 1986, to Maria Owings Shriver (daughter ofRobertSargent Shriver Jr.; sister ofMarkKennedy Shriver; niece ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Arnold Schwarzenegger:Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) —TotalRecall: My Unbelievably True Life Story (2012) | | | | Books about Arnold Schwarzenegger:Nigel Andrews,TrueMyths : The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from PumpingIron to Governor of California — Susan Zannos,ArnoldSchwarzenegger — Laurence Leamer,Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Michael Blitz &Louise Krasniewicz,WhyArnold Matters: The Rise of a Cultural Icon — IanHalperin,TheGovernator: From Muscle Beach to His Quest for the White House, theImprobable Rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger — Colleen A.Sexton,ArnoldSchwarzenegger (for young readers) |
| | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (b. 1951) — also known asKathleen Hartington Kennedy — ofBaltimoreCounty, Md.Born in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 4,1951.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1986; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for Maryland,1992(voted forBillClinton andAlGore);LieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1995-2003; candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 2002.Female.Still living as of 2024.| | Relatives:Daughter ofRobertFrancis Kennedy and Ethel (Skakel) Kennedy; sister ofJosephPatrick Kennedy II andRobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.; married,November17, 1973, to David Lee Townsend; niece ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; granddaughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; great-granddaughter ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald; first cousin ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile |
| | Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (b. 1952) — also known asJoseph P. Kennedy II — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brighton, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September24, 1952.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1987-99; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1996.Catholic.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (b. 1954) — also known asRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Born, in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,January17, 1954.Lawyer;in September 1983, he waschargedwithheroinpossession in Rapid City, S.D.;pleadedguilty, andsentencedto two yearsprobation;in May, 2001, whileprotestingat Camp Garcia Vieques, a U.S. Navy facility in Puerto Rico, he andothers werearrestedfortrespassing;he wasconvictedandsentencedto 30 days inprison;Independent candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2024.Still living as of 2024.| | Relatives: SonofRobertFrancis Kennedy and Ethel (Skakel) Kennedy; brother ofKathleenKennedy Townsend andJosephPatrick Kennedy II; married1982 to EmilyBlack; married,April15, 1994, to Mary Kathleen Richardson; married2014 to CherylHines; nephew ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; grandson ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; great-grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald; first cousin ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Andrew Mark Cuomo (b. 1957) — also known asAndrew M. Cuomo — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,December6, 1957.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1997-2001;New Yorkstate attorney general, 2007-10; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2008;Governorof New York, 2011-21; Democratic Presidential Elector for NewYork,2012(elected on behalf ofBarackObama andJosephR. Biden, Jr.; did not serve); Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris);resignedas Governor following aninvestigationwhich showed he hadsexuallyharassed at least eleven women; a criminal complaint against himwas dismissed.Catholic.Italianancestry.Still living as of 2024. | | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy, Jr.;"John-John";"The AmericanSon" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,November25, 1960.Democrat.Lawyer;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;founder,Georgemagazine.Catholic.Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in aplanecrash, near Martha's Vineyard, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,July 16,1999 (age38 years, 233days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.| | Relatives: SonofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy andJacquelineKennedy; married,September21, 1996, to Carolyn Jeanne Bessette; nephew ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; grandson ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; great-grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald; first cousin ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Mark Kennedy Shriver (b. 1964) — of West Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,February17, 1964.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates District 15, 1995-; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2002.Still living as of 2002.| | Relatives: SonofRobertSargent Shriver Jr. and Eunice (Kennedy) Shriver; sister of MariaOwings Shriver (who marriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger); nephew ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy,PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; grandson ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; grandnephew ofJamesCausten Shriver; great-grandson ofThomasHerbert Shriver,PatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald; second great-grandson ofThomasJohns Perry; first cousin ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr. andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967). | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Patrick Joseph Kennedy (b. 1967) — also known asPatrick J. Kennedy — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Portsmouth,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in Brighton, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 14,1967.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from RhodeIsland,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1988-94;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1995-;pleadedguilty in 2006 tochargesofdrivingunderthe influence of prescription drugs.Catholic.Still living as of 2014. | | Jacob Daniel Auchincloss (b. 1988) — also known asJake Auchincloss — of Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January29, 1988.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 2021-.Jewish.Scottishancestry.Still living as of 2024.
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