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The second of nine children born to Joseph and Rose Kennedy and the great-grandson of eight Irish immigrants, John Fitzgerald Kennedy is best known for his time as the 35th President of the United States. A graduate of Harvard, JFK served in World War II and worked for a brief time as a reporter before becoming a Democratic Congressman from Boston in 1947. Over the next ten years he became a Senator, married Jacqueline Bouvier, had three children, and wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book called Profiles in Courage. In 1960, JFK beat Richard Nixon to become the youngest U.S. president ever elected. During his three years in office, Kennedy promoted social legislation along with Civil Rights reform, formed the Peace Corps, and oversaw resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. On November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy's life was tragically cut short by an assassin's bullet, while riding in a Presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas.

Kennedy Family Tree

		Patrick Kennedy b: Abt. 1823 in Dunganstown, Wexford County, Ireland m: 26 Sep 1849 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 22 Nov 1858 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
	Patrick Joseph Kennedy b: 14 Jan 1858 in East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts m: 23 Nov 1887 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 18 May 1929 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
		Bridget Murphy b: 1821 in Dunganstown, Wexford County, Ireland d: 20 Dec 1888 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Joseph Patrick Kennedy b: 6 Sep 1888 in East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts m: 7 Oct 1914 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 18 Nov 1969 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
		James Hickey b: Sep 1836/37 in Cork, Ireland m: d: 22 Nov 1900 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
	Mary Augusta Hickey b: 6 Dec 1857 in Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 20 Mat 1923 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
		Margaret M. Field b: Feb 1836 in Ireland d: 5 Jun 1911 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
John Fitzgerald Kennedy b: 29 May 1917 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts m: 12 Sep 1953 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island d: 22 Nov 1963 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
		Thomas Fitzgerald b: Abt. 1835 in Ireland m: 15 Nov 1857 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 19 May 1885 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
	John Francis Fitzgerald b: 11 Feb 1863 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts m: 18 Sep 1889 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts d: 3 Oct 1950 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
		Rosanna Cox b: Abt. 1835 in Ireland d: 12 Mar 1879 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald b: 22 Jul 1890 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 22 Jan 1995
		Michael Hannon b: 30 Sep 1832 in Ireland m: 12 Feb 1854 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: 26 Jan 1900 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Mary Josephine Hannon b: 31 Oct 1865 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d: 8 Aug 1964 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
		Mary Ann Fitzgerald b: May 1834/35 in Ireland d: 1 Jul 1904 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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