| LC control no. | no2016135081 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929 |
| Variant(s) | Kennedy, P. J., 1858-1929 |
| Biography/History note | Patrick Joseph Kennedy, commonly known as P. J., (b. January 1858, Boston, Massachusetts-d. May 18, 1929, Boston, Massachusetts) was a businessman and politician. He worked as a stevedore on the docks at the age of fourteen, and in time had saved enough to purchase several bars and a whiskey importing business. He was instrumental in the organization of two different Boston financial institutions, the Columbia Trust Company and the Sumner Savings Bank. Kennedy served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1884 to 1889 and the Massachusetts State Senate from 1889 to 1895. He was also an unofficial ward boss in East Boston Ward 2 for more than thirty years. He married Mary Hickey in 1887 and they had four children, including Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr., father of President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy is interred in Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Malden, Massachusetts. |
| Associated place | Holy Cross Cemetery (Malden, Mass.) |
| Located | Boston (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1858-01 |
| Death date | 1929-05-18 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Boston (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Political science Banks and banking |
| Affiliation | Columbia Trust Company Sumner Savings Bank Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives Massachusetts. General Court. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Bankers |
| Found in | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, The Kennedy Family WWW site, September 14, 2016: Joseph P. Kennedy (Patrick Joseph Kennedy, also known as P.J.; married Mary Hickey; father of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; businessman; helped organize Columbia Trust Company and the Sumner Savings Bank; Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate; political power was in the unofficial capacity of a ward boss in the East Boston Ward 2 for more than thirty years) <https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/The-Kennedy-Family/Joseph-P-Kennedy.aspx> Wikipedia.org, September 14, 2016 (Patrick Joseph “P.J.” Kennedy; b. January 14, 1858, Boston, Massachusetts; d. May 18, 1929, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1884-1889; Massachusetts State Senate, 1889-1895; politician, businessman) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._Kennedy> Findagrave.com, September 14, 2016 (Patrick Joseph Kennedy; b. January 8, 1858, Boston, Massachusetts; d. May 18, 1929, Boston, Massachusetts; businessman and politician; burial: Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Malden, Massachusetts) <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48714115> OCLC, July 28, 2016 (hdgs.: Kennedy, P. J. (Patrick J.); usages: P. J. Kennedy) |
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