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Joseph Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. 1938.jpg
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
March 8, 1938 – October 22, 1940
Monarch George VI
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Preceded by Robert Worth Bingham
Succeeded by John Gilbert Winant
1st Chairman of the Maritime Commission
In office
1936–1938
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Emory S. Land
1st Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
In office
1934–1935
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by James M. Landis
Personal details
Born Joseph Patrick Kennedy
(1888-09-06)September 6, 1888
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died November 18, 1969(1969-11-18) (aged 81)
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place Holyhood Cemetery
Brookline, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Countess Rose Fitzgerald
(m. 1914; his death 1969)
Relations Patrick Kennedy (paternal grandfather)
See Kennedy family
Children Joseph Jr., John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean and Ted
Parents
Alma mater Harvard University
Profession Businessman, investor, government official
Religion Roman Catholic
Cause of death Complications from a stroke
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Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, and politician known for his high-profile positions in United States politics. Kennedy was married to Rose Kennedy. Three of their nine children attained distinguished political positions: President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968), and longtime Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009). He was a leading member of the Democratic Party and of the Irish Catholic community. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be the first chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and later directed the Maritime Commission. Kennedy served as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1938 until late 1940, when he annoyed Roosevelt by his pessimism about Britain's survival.

Born to a political family in East Boston, Massachusetts, Kennedy embarked on a career in business and investing, first making a large fortune as a stock market and commodity investor and later rolled over the profits by investing in real estate and a wide range of business industries across the United States. During World War I, he was an assistant general manager of a Boston area Bethlehem Steel shipyard, through which he developed a friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In the 1920s Kennedy made huge profits from reorganizing and refinancing several Hollywood studios, ultimately merging several acquisitions into Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) studios.


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