Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was an American businessman, investor, and political figure who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and was the patriarch of the influential Kennedy family.

Aliases (1)
  • Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. ×1

Statements (60)
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instanceOf ambassador
businessperson
diplomat
human
investor
patriarch
politician
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
burialPlace Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath stroke
child Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Jean Kennedy Smith
John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Kathleen Kennedy
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Robert F. Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1888-09-06
dateOfDeath 1969-11-18
educatedAt Boston Latin School
Harvard College
Harvard University
employer United States government
endTime 1940-10-22
ethnicGroup Irish American
familyName Kennedy
father Patrick J. Kennedy
fieldOfWork banking
motion picture industry
stock market investing
givenName Joseph
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
mother Mary Augusta Hickey Kennedy
name Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
nationality American
notableRelative John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
notableWork development of the Kennedy family political dynasty
occupation businessman
diplomat
film producer
investor
political figure
owned RKO Studios (stakeholder/financier)
partOf Kennedy family
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
religion Roman Catholic
residence Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
startTime 1938-01-19


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