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This article lists the Kennedy family political line. The Kennedys are the 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.[1]
  • John F. Fitzgerald (1863-1950), Boston, Massachusetts Councilman 1891-1892; 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.[2]
    • Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1938-1940. Son of Patrick Joseph Kennedy.[3]
      • Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (1915-1944), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1940. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy.[4]
      • 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.[5]
      • Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1960. Daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy.[6]
      • 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. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy.[7]
      • Jean Kennedy Smith (1928-), U.S. Ambassador to Ireland 1993-1998. Daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy.[8]
      • Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1962-2009, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1980, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 2000, 2004 & 2008. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy.[9]
      • 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.[10]
      • 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.[11]
      • 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.[12]
      • Hugh Auchincloss III (1929-), candidate for Rhode Island State Senate 1992. Stepbrother-in-law of John F. Kennedy.[13]
      • Joan Bennett Kennedy (1936-), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1964. Former wife of Edward M. Kennedy.[14]
        • 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.[15]
        • Joseph P. Kennedy II (1952-), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1987-1999. Son of Robert F. Kennedy.[16]
        • Robert S. Shriver III (1954-), Santa Monica, California Councilman 2004-present. Son of Sargent Shriver.[17]
        • Mark Shriver (1964-), Maryland House Delegate 1995-2003, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative from Maryland 2002. Son of Sargent Shriver.[18]
        • 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 and Joan Bennett Kennedy.[19]
        • Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Governor of California 2003-present. Son-in-law of Sargent Shriver.[20]
        • 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.[21]
        • Caroline Kennedy (1957-), daughter of President John F. Kennedy. She was a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate seat of New York that was occupied by current-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2008.[22]

NOTE: Sargent Shriver is also a descendant of Maryland House Delegate David Shriver[23]. Newton Steers was also former brother-in-law of Michael Whitney Straight who was great-grandson of U.S. Senator Henry B. Payne. Gore Vidal is also grandson of U.S. Senator Thomas P. Gore[24]. Andrew Cuomo is also son of New York Governor Mario Cuomo[25].

See also

References

  1. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#S7K0ZPSI7
  2. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#R9M0IWV1Z
  3. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#RIL19F6YY
  4. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#S7L0298NO
  5. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#R9M0J2QY0
  6. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawe-lawr.html#S2Z1074IR
  7. ^ http://www.rfkmemorial.org/lifevision/biography/
  8. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#00E02Y0CP
  9. ^ http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/index.cfm
  10. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#RIQ0XJD9R
  11. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steelman-steil.html#R9M0JDVM9
  12. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#0FI01EU6B
  13. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#1I6122LRA
  14. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#2B00VFGW7
  15. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townsend.html#S5M0QUEXU
  16. ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000110
  17. ^ http://www.bobbyshriver.com/bio.php
  18. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#S911DKANB
  19. ^ http://hbcprotocols.com/kennedy.html
  20. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#12F1CZWD0
  21. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#06V0P0G05
  22. ^ Confessore, Nicholas (2008-12-15). "Caroline Kennedy to Seek Clinton’s Senate Seat". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/politics/16caroline.html?_r=1&hp. Retrieved 2008-12-24. 
  23. ^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdwcsar/PatriotGraves/DavidShriver.htm
  24. ^ http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/gore.htm
  25. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#RH11DYYWR
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Kennedy family
Ancestors of
James Kennedy and Maria Kennedy parents of
--- Patrick Kennedy (m.) Bridget Murphy parents of
------ P. J. Kennedy (m.) Mary Augusta Hickey parents of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
Philip and Mary Cox • Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna Cox • Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald • John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (m.) Mary Josephine Hannon parents of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Kennedy coat of arms
Children of
Descendants
(all in birth order)
None
Rose Marie Kennedy (1918–2005)
None
None
Robert Sargent Shriver III (m.) Malissa Feruzzi • Maria Owings Shriver (m.) Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger • Timothy Perry Shriver (m.) Linda Potter • Mark Kennedy Shriver (m.) Jeannie Ripp • Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (m.) Alina Mojica
Christopher Kennedy Lawford • Sydney Maleia Kennedy Lawford • Victoria Francis Lawford • Robin Elizabeth Lawford
Kathleen Hartington Kennedy (m.) David Lee Townsend • Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (m./div. 1st) Sheila Rauch; (m. 2nd) Beth Kelly • Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. (m./div. 1st) Emily Ruth Black (m. 2nd) Mary Richardson • David Anthony Kennedy • Mary Courtney Kennedy (m/div. 1st) Jeffrey Robert Ruhe; (m./sep. 2nd) Paul Hill • Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (m.) Victoria Denise Gifford • Mary Kerry Kennedy (m./div.) Andrew Mark Cuomo • Christopher George Kennedy (m.) Sheila Sinclair Berner • Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy (m.) Victoria Anne Strauss • Douglas Harriman Kennedy (m.) Molly Elizabeth Stark • Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (m.) Mark Bailey
Jean Kennedy Smith (born 1928)
Stephen Edward Smith, Jr. • William Kennedy Smith • Amanda Mary Smith • Kym Maria Smith
Edward Moore Kennedy (1932–2009)
Kara Anne Kennedy (m.) Michael Allen • Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (m.) Katherine Anne "Kiki" Gershman • Patrick Joseph Kennedy
m. = married; div. = divorced; sep. = separated.
See also: The Kennedy Curse • The Kennedy Compound • Hickory Hill • The Merchandise Mart • Descendants • Political line

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