Kennedy family political line

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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, Massachusetts State Senator. Father of Joseph P. Kennedy.
• 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.
  • Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1938-1940. Son of Patrick Joseph Kennedy.
    • Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (1915-1944), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1940. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Jean Kennedy Smith (1928-), U.S. Ambassador to Ireland 1993-1998. Daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Gore Vidal (1925-), candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1960, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from California 1982. Step-brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy.
      • 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.
      • Joseph P. Kennedy II (1952-), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1987-1999. Son of Robert F. Kennedy.
      • Mark Kennedy Shriver (1964-), Maryland House Delegate 1995-present, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative from Maryland 2002. Son of Sargent Shriver.
      • 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.
      • Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Governor of California 2003-present. Son-in-law of Sargent Shriver.
      • 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. Son-in-law of Robert F. Kennedy.

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