The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is a quasi independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpo
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr, the inaugural chairman of the SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., near Washington Union Station
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. 1938
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. Known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children, he was the patriarch of the Kenned
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
…Act to the newly created Securities and Exchange Commission and tasked the new commission with enforcing both acts. In 1934, Roosevelt named his friend Joseph P. Kennedy, a self-made multimillionaire, financier, and leader among the Irish-American community, as chairman of the SEC. Roosevelt chose Kennedy partly based…
Kennedy in 1938
Kennedy in 1914, aged 25, after becoming president of Columbia Trust Bank
Studio photo of Kennedy as part of trade paper advertisement promoting Film Booking Offices of America's forthcoming attractions, May 1928
Kennedy, along with fifteen others, signed a telegram warning that the release of Sadie Thompson starring Gloria Swanson would jeopardize the ability of the film industry to censor itself. Swanson needed financing for her film production company, and Kennedy began a three-year affair with her when he met her for lunch in New York after the film's release.