Joseph Thomas Fitzpatrick (June 1, 1929 – July 12, 2006) was an American politician.
Asked to be part of the Robert F Kennedy 1968 Presidential campaign. Primarily, as head of all the Southern States for that 1968 campaign.
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
, in the neighborhood of
Ocean View.
Fitzpatrick was a high school basketball coach and was involved with the banking business.
He was also Royster Fertilizer Company’s Traffic Manager for 15 years.
Political career
He was a member of the
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and was elected Chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia.
He was involved with the 1960 presidential campaign of
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...
and the 1968 presidential campaign of
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...
.
Fitzpatrick served in the
Virginia Senate
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virg ...
from 1976 to 1981
and served as city treasurer of Norfolk, Virginia from 1981 to 2001.
From 1992 to 2000, he served as vice president of the St. Mary's Cemetery board.
Fitzpatrick died in Norfolk, Virginia.
He was survived by his three daughters and six grandchildren.
References
1929 births
2006 deaths
Politicians from Norfolk, Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia chairs
Democratic Party Virginia state senators
20th-century American legislators
City and town treasurers in the United States
20th-century Virginia politicians
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