The Kennedy family has long been rooted in American politics. Here's what you need to know about the family tree.

would have named him after himself, Patrick Joseph, but his mother reversed the names so Joseph wouldn’t be immediately marked as Irish. Joe Kennedy ... in 1937 as ambassador to Great Britain.

Ambassador Joseph Kennedy faced harsh public criticism for his appeasement of Hitler, as well as for his public assertions that Britain would be destroyed by the Nazis. But Jack Kennedy had his ...

Kennedy served briefly as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom at the start of World War II. Born to a political family in Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph Kennedy was educated at ...

Ambassador Asks Aid to England Be Viewed as “Insurance;” Begs America Wake Up, Give More Power to Mobilize Industry. By Louis M. Lyons Joseph P. Kennedy was sitting in his shirtsleeves eating ...

Four of Joseph Kennedy’s daughters pose with friends ... President Bill Clinton appointed her American ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998, and Jean served during a critical period of ...