Stephen Edward SMITHAge: 621927–1990
- Name
- Stephen Edward SMITH
- Given names
- Stephen Edward
- Surname
- SMITH
| Birth | 24 September 1927 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA |
| Marriage | Jean Ann KENNEDY - View family 19 May 1956 (Age 28) New York, USA
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Text: Stephen and Jean had two biological sons and later adopted two daughters:
Stephen Edward Smith, Jr. (b. 1957) William Kennedy Smith (b. 1960) Amanda Mary Smith (b. 1967) Kym Maria Smith (b. 1972) |
| Birth of a son #1 | 4 September 1960 (Age 32) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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William Kennedy SMITH
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | 30 April 1967 (Age 39)
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Amanda Mary SMITH
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| Number of children | Jean Ann KENNEDY - View family 4
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Text: Stephen and Jean had two biological sons and later adopted two daughters:
Stephen Edward Smith, Jr. (b. 1957) Kym Maria Smith (b. 1972) |
| Adoption of a daughter |
daughter -
Amanda Mary SMITH
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| Death | 19 August 1990 (Age 62) Manhattan, New York, USA
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Text: Stephen Edward Smith-He was the husband of Jean Ann Kennedy. He was a financial analyst and political strategist in the 1960 United States Presidential campaign of his brother-in-law, John F. Kennedy. Smith was born in Bayport, Long Island, New York, and grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. He attended Georgetown University, graduating in 1948 with a bachelor's degree (history). He served, during the Korean War, as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force from 1951–1952. Smith joined his family's business, Cleary Brothers Inc., which operated tugs and barges on New York's upstate canals and in New York Harbor. He then headed the Park Agency Inc., in Manhattan, where he managed $300 million in Kennedy family investments. Smith and Jean Ann Kennedy were married May 19, 1956, at which point he became the brother-in-law of future President John F. Kennedy (JFK). Smith managed the family's fortune out of a New York City Office building. Smith was responsible for overseeing the trusts that benefited him and his family as well as the other children and grandchildren of Joe and Rose Kennedy. Smith played an active role in JFK's 1960 campaign, and was working as Kennedy's campaign manager for re-election at the time of President Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. Smith served as Robert Kennedy's (RFK) campaign manager during his abbreviated 1968 presidential run. In the fall of 1979, as polls showed that Senator Edward Kennedy could easily defeat President Jimmy Carter in the Democratic primaries, Kennedy announced his candidacy and made Smith his campaign manager. Many of Kennedy's younger campaign workers considered Smith to be a has-been who did not understand modern campaign advertising, strategy, or fund raising. Kennedy lost to Carter and chose to not run again. Smith was known as a tough, aggressive and sometimes abrasive operator in both the financial and political worlds. Some creditors who were owed money by the three Kennedy campaigns were allegedly offered twenty cents on the dollar, with the rate soon to decline if they didn't settle. In particular, the RFK campaign of 1968 ended with a $5 million debt ($30,000,000 in 2007 dollars). The Kennedy family agreed to help pay the debts, which took years to settle. A longtime smoker, Smith died at his home in Manhattan in 1990, after a brief battle with lung cancer at the age of 62. Stephen Edward SMITH (1927–1980) |
| Burial | after 19 August 1990 Unknown
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Text: Stephen Edward Smith
Birth 24 Sep 1927 Bayport, Suffolk County, New York, USA Death 19 Aug 1990 (aged 62) Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA Burial Unknown Family Members Parents John J Smith 1885–1932 Julia A Cleary Smith 1888–1971 Siblings William E Smith 1920–1945 Spouse Jean Ann Kennedy Smith 1928–2020 (m. 1956) Created by: Kris 'Peterborough K' Peterson Added: 28 Jul 2012 Find a Grave Memorial 94339197 |
| Reference number | K34 |
| Last change | 3 December 2021 - 12:15:47 by: Site Admin |
| Family with Jean Ann KENNEDY - View family |
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Birth 24 September 1927 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Reference number K34 Death 19 August 1990 (Age 62) Manhattan, New York, USA |
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5 months wife |
Birth 20 February 1928 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K35 Death 17 June 2020 (Age 92) Manhattan, New York, USA |
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Marriage: 19 May 1956 — New York, USA |
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4 years #1 son |
Birth 4 September 1960 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K37 |
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7 years #2 daughter |
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