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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn Francis FITZGERALD
(1863-1950)
FITZGERALD, John Francis,
(grandfather of John Fitzgerald Kennedy; grandfather of Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Robert Francis Kennedy;
great-grandfather of Joseph P. Kennedy II; great-grandfather of
Patrick Kennedy), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Boston, Mass., February 11, 1863; was graduated from the Eliot
Grammar School and from the Boston Latin School; attended Harvard
Medical School for one year; held a position in the Boston
customhouse from 1886 to 1891; member of the Boston Common Council
in 1892; member of the State senate in 1893 and 1894; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth
Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1900; mayor of Boston in 1906, 1907, and 1910-1914;
engaged in the insurance and investment business; also owner of a
weekly newspaper; chairman of the Massachusetts delegation to the
Democratic National Convention in 1912; unsuccessful candidate for
election to the United States Senate in 1916; presented credentials
as a Democratic Member-elect to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served
from March 4, 1919, until October 23, 1919, when he was succeeded
by Peter F. Tague, who contested his election; resumed his
newspaper activities and also engaged as an investment banker;
unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1922; member of the Port of
Boston Authority 1934-1948; died in Boston, Mass., October 2, 1950;
interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston,
Mass.
Bibliography
Fraser, James W. “Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and Boston’s
Schools, 1905-1913.” Historical Journal of
Massachusetts 12 (June 1984): 117-30; Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1987.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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