John F. Fitzgerald 1946, when John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy decided to run for Congress, 83-year-old Honey Fitz helped him plan his campaign strategy. At the victory celebration, Fitzgerald danced an Irish jig, sang "Sweet Adeline," and predicted that his grandson would someday occupy the White House. Shortly after his election to the presidency, President Kennedy renamed the presidential yacht the "Honey Fitz" in honor of his maternal grandfather. On September 18, 1889, Fitzgerald married his second cousin Mary Josephine "Josie" Hannon. She was a daughter of Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald. On October 2, 1950, Fitzgerald died in Boston at the age
Benjamin Rutherford Fitz the edge of the pond. The piece is credited with helping popularize the nude figure as a main subject in painting. The National Academy Museum named "The Reflection" his "most famous work." Fitz exhibited at the National Academy seven times. When not painting, he sailed, often with his friend Dwight William Tryon. He married Harriet R. Fanning (1857-1935) in April, 1889. Fitz died in 1891. He was buried in Willow Hill Cemetery in Southold, New York. Benjamin Rutherford Fitz Benjamin Rutherford Fitz (1855–1891) was an American artist. Fitz was born in New York, New York in 1855. In 1868 his