John Francis FITZGERALDAge: 871863–1950
- Name
- John Francis FITZGERALD
- Given names
- John Francis "Honey Fitz"
- Surname
- FITZGERALD
| Birth | 11 February 1863 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Death of a mother | 12 March 1879 (Age 16) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
mother -
Rosanna COX
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| Death of a father | 19 May 1885 (Age 22) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Thomas Wilmouth FITZGERALD
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| Marriage | Mary Josephine HANNON - View family 18 September 1889 (Age 26) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Text: They had nineteen grandchildren, including Rose's nine children with Joseph Kennedy.
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | 22 July 1890 (Age 27) North End, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD
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| Occupation | Boston Common Council Ward 6 from 1891 to 1892 (Age 27) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 3rd Suffolk district from 1892 to 1894 (Age 28) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 4 March 1895 to 3 March 1901 (Age 32) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Text: In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 Preceded by Joseph H. O'Neil Succeeded by Joseph A. Conry Constituency 9th district In office March 4, 1919 – October 23, 1919 Preceded by Peter Francis Tague Succeeded by Peter Francis Tague Constituency 10th district |
| Occupation | 38th and 40th Mayor of Boston from 1 January 1906 to 6 January 1908 (Age 42) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Text: In office January 1, 1906[1] – January 6, 1908 Preceded by Daniel A. Whelton Succeeded by George A. Hibbard In office February 7, 1910[3] – February 2, 1914 Preceded by George A. Hibbard Succeeded by James Michael Curley John Francis FITZGERALD [38th and 40th Mayor of Boston] |
| Number of children | Mary Josephine HANNON - View family 6
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Text: John and Mary had six children:
Rose Elizabeth (1890–1995), Mary (1892–1936), Thomas (1895–1968), John Jr. (1897–1979), Eunice (1900–1923), and Frederick (1904–1935). |
| Death | 2 October 1950 (Age 87) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Text: US Congressman. He was a controversial Boston politician, known as "Fitzie" in his youth and "Honey Fitz" in later years. He is best known as the maternal grandfather of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he grew up in the city's North End, attending Eliot Grammar School and Boston Latin School, and finally Harvard Medical School, although he left the latter to take care of his family after the death of his father, by taking a position in the Boston customhouse from 1886 to 1891. Fitzgerald found he had a gift for politics; he was elected a member of the Boston Common Council in 1892; and then became member of the State senate in 1893 and 1894. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1901). Fitzgerald did not distinguish himself in Congress, except in his opposition to a bill that would have required new immigrants to be able to read the Constitution as part of a qualification test. When the bill was quashed, he was angrily confronted by the formidable Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of his home state: "Impudent young man,” raged Lodge. “Do you think Jews or Italians have any right in this country?" "As much as your father or mine," Fitzgerald replied. "It's only a difference of a few ships." Returning to Boston, Fitzgerald ran for mayor on a reform platform. He also served as chairman of the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1912. In private life he engaged in the insurance and investment banking business and was also owner of a weekly newspaper. Fitzgerald’s mayoral career was ultimately ended by the 1914 scandal over an indiscrete affair he had with a blonde cigarette girl named “Toddles” Ryan. The merger of Boston’s two most prominent Irish political families occurred in 1914 when Fitzgerald's eldest daughter Rose Elizabeth married Joseph Patrick Kennedy, an up-and-coming young Irish-American banker, who was the son of Boston political boss Patrick Joseph Kennedy. The 1918 election sent Honey Fitz back to the House of Representatives by a slim margin of 238 votes, but evidence of widespread electoral fraud soon cropped up and he was unseated by the House. He served as a member of the Port of Boston Authority 1934-1948. In 1946, Fitzgerald campaigned with his grandson John for the latter's first election, the old city boss shaking hands beside the ambitious, photogenic youngster. The young Kennedy won the seat in the House of Representatives that his grandfather had first held fifty years earlier. Fitzgerald died in Boston, Massachusetts, October 2, 1950, remembered fondly by his grandson who named the presidential yacht the “Honey Fitz.” Bio by: Edward Parsons John Francis FITZGERALD (1863–1950) |
| Burial | after 2 October 1950 West Roxbury, Saint Joseph Cemetery, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Text: John Francis Fitzgerald
Birth 11 Feb 1863 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Death 2 Oct 1950 (aged 87) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Burial Saint Joseph Cemetery West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map Plot St. Anthony, Section 1 Family Members Parents Thomas Fitzgerald 1822–1885 Rosanna Cox Fitzgerald 1836–1879 Siblings Thomas J. Fitzgerald 1862–1893 Michael J. Fitzgerald 1864–1925 William Stephen Fitzgerald 1866–1899 Ellen Rosanna Fitzgerald 1870–1870 George Frederick Fitzgerald 1871–1914 Henry Simonds Fitzgerald 1875–1955 Spouse Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald 1865–1964 (m. 1889) Children Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy 1890–1995 Mary Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan 1892–1936 Thomas Acton Fitzgerald 1895–1968 John Francis Fitzgerald 1898–1979 Eunice Josephine Fitzgerald 1900–1923 Frederick Hannon Fitzgerald 1904–1935 Maintained by: Find a Grave Added: 31 Dec 2000 Find a Grave Memorial 1880 |
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| Last change | 4 December 2021 - 16:32:02 by: Site Admin |
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Birth 1822 Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland Reference number K104 Death 19 May 1885 (Age 63) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Birth 1836 County Cavan, Ireland Reference number K105 Death 12 March 1879 (Age 43) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Marriage: 4 November 1857 — Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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5 years #1 himself |
Birth 11 February 1863 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K50 Death 2 October 1950 (Age 87) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Family with Mary Josephine HANNON - View family |
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Birth 11 February 1863 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K50 Death 2 October 1950 (Age 87) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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3 years wife |
Birth 31 October 1865 Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K51 Death 8 August 1964 (Age 98) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Marriage: 18 September 1889 — Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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10 months #1 daughter |
Birth 22 July 1890 North End, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Reference number K2 Death 22 January 1995 (Age 104) Hyannis Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA |
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