John Francis Fitzgerald

John Francis Fitzgerald. John Francis Fitzgerald, the namesake of his grandson John F. Kennedy, was a popular Boston politician who was one of the taproots of a political dynasty via his daughter Rose Kennedy. Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy, the son of his one-time rival and later political ally Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy, a saloon-keeper who became a force in Boston politics. Born in Boston on February 11, 1863, his...