Which Kennedy Patriarch? Quiz - By trimenes6

Which Kennedy Patriarch?

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Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission
Engaged in numerous extramarital affairs including actresses Gloria Swanson and Marlene Dietrich
First member of his family to receive a formal education
Gave one of the seconding speeches for President Grover Cleveland at 1888 Democratic National Convention
Grandsons included a President of the United States, United States Attorney General, and United States Senators
Had 9 children with his wife Rose
Had daughter Rosemary lobotomized
Highly involved in the advancement of his three sons' political careers
Infamously said: 'Democracy is finished in England. It may be here [in the United States].'
Later political career included an appointed elections commissioner, an appointed city fire commissioner, and as the backroom boss of Boston's Ward Two
Opposed Father Coughlin's influence over Irish Americans
Preferred to play a behind-the-scenes role as a Democratic party boss
Relegated to the political sidelines during WWII due to his controversial actions
Served in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the state Senate
Son of Irish Catholic immigrants
Successfully owned three saloons and a whisky import house
Supported Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain over Winston Churchill
Supported Senator Joseph McCarthy
The last surviving male member of his family after father and brother were killed by cholera
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Worked as a stevedore on the Boston docks