Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy (b 1888) was a Democrstic Party operative in Boston in the 1920s and 30s. It was Kennedy who recruited Sylvia Enos to appear at political functions after she became a folk hereo for avenging her husband, George Enos, on his murderer, Confederate war criminal Roger Kimball.

Kennedy attempted to seduce Sylvia, and was frustrated by her consistent refusals--especially after she began an affair with Ernie.

Kennedy despised Al Smith, his Catholic coreligionist.

He was the father of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr..