John Francis Fitzgerald

That's wild.

I actually read that part of the source, and it highlighted that JFK's grandfather, the guy they called Honey Fitz, used to do this all the time to protect his machine-backed politicians.

Yep.

It's a classic move.

He's going after Henry Cabot Lodge, who has history, by the way, with his own grandfather.

I think he beat Honey Fitz, didn't he, for a Senate seat back in 1916.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's a very interesting history between the Fitzgeralds and the Lodges.

Joe Kennedy Sr. was a savvy businessman who amassed a fortune through banking, real estate, the stock market, and the liquor business, most notably during the decade of alcohol prohibition that gave rise to gangsters and bootleggers alike.

But despite dipping his toes into the criminal underworld, Joe Sr. later married Rose Fitzgerald, daughter of Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald, which solidified the family's political ambitions.

Joe Sr. served as the U.S.

Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the late 1930s, but soon turned his ambitions towards his children and began preparing them for leadership and public service.

You know, her father was the mayor of Boston.

Honey Fitz.

Honey Fitz.

And you can see how the line... maintained itself probably for political power and riches, again, base motivations, but also through public service.

And it was something that we have always admired even though they went off the rails, we've always admired them, is their dedication to public service.

Joe Kennedy Sr. was a savvy businessman who amassed a fortune through banking, real estate, the stock market, and the liquor business, most notably during the decade of alcohol prohibition that gave rise to gangsters and bootleggers alike.

But despite dipping his toes into the criminal underworld, Joe Sr. later married Rose Fitzgerald, daughter of Boston Mayor John Fitzgerald, which solidified the family's political ambitions.

Joe Sr. served as the U.S.

Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the late 1930s, but soon turned his ambitions towards his children and began preparing them for leadership and public service.

The Fitzgeralds were a mighty Italian clan that had helped William the Conqueror become ruler of England.

Honey Fitz was her father, and he had a reputation for graft and vote fraud, as well as a not-so-secret notorious affair with a girl named Tootles.

Rose got her education in the Catholic Sacred Heart Convent, which she completed a month before her 20th birthday.

Her father was removed from the House of Representatives after voting fraud was uncovered, Joe was acquainted with Roosevelt when FDR was only an assistant secretary of the Navy, Joe became an insider with the stock market and knew how to manipulate stock prices to fleece the small fish that tried to play the stock market.