Perhaps it was “The Inquiring Photographer” who Captured Senator John F. Kennedy’s Heart
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Published on 08/21/2007
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s personal secretary tells her memories of the first time she saw Jacqueline Bouvier walking into Senator John F. Kennedy’s office. First impression was of a very young woman, with dark, tousled hair, poised and friendly as she walked past the girls in the Senator’s office. Years later, Mrs. Gallagher, personal secretary to Mrs. Kennedy read the memoirs of John H. Davis, Jackie’s cousin. In those memoirs it was revealed that Mrs. Kennedy did not take the Senator John F. Kennedy too seriously because of his “outlandish ambition,” which was the then Senator Kennedy confided to Jackie that he “intended to become President.”
His office staff noted that generally, the Senator did not talk about his romantic activities. It was a surprise to everyone in his office when they read the announcement that it was Jacqueline Bouvier who had won the heart of the Senator. Although Jacqueline was very attractive, she was not the most or only glamorous girl to pass through the office door. Audrey Hepburn apparently had been in the Senator’s office as a romantic acquaintance. It seems the entire office was more impressed with Audrey Hepburn than with Jacqueline Bouvier. Mrs. Gallagher’s remembrance of Audrey Hepburn was of a graceful woman as a swan who carried a long, slim, red umbrella.
Up to the point of the Senator’s announcement about Jacqueline Bouvier, the office girls were aware that Senator Kennedy liked to go to the movies with various girls and that his personal secretary would have to call to arrange the dates for him. The young Senator was just too busy to make these arrangements himself. It was surprising to all the girls when the Senator managed to find the time to call Jackie himself.
In the days Jackie dated Senator Kennedy she worked for the Washington Times-Herald as “The Inquiring Photographer,” and roamed about the city getting comments to her clever and amusing questions. Jacqueline Bouvier’s column often displayed her sense of humor.
It was noted by Mrs. Gallagher how one day in her column she was asking children why Santa’s reindeer don’t come down the chimney and getting answers such as “They’re too fat,” and on another day she was asking pets what they were doing at the veterinarian’s, then reporting in her column, everything from treatments for gout to psychological problems.
Senator Kennedy’s office staff felt Jackie’s newspaper column had a prominent place in her romance with the Senator. Biographers at that time wrote of the famous dinner arranged by Jackie’s friends, the Charles Bartletts in June of 1951. Their romance did not seem to become serious at this point, but rather after she interviewed John F. Kennedy as the Senator. Her questions included what he thought about Senate Pages. She photographed him and repeated the procedure with his colleague across the hall, Vice President Richard Nixon.
When Jackie’s column was published, it quoted Senator Kennedy as saying, “I’ve often thought that the country might be better off if we Senators and Pages traded jobs. If such legislation is ever enacted, I’ll be glad to hand over the reins to Jerry Hoobler, whom I’ve often mistaken for a Senator.” Jackie quoted the Page as telling how Senator Kennedy was always being mistaken for a tourist or Page because of his youthful appearance. “The other day,” said Jerry Hoobler, “he wanted to use the special phones, but the cops told him, ‘Sorry, Mister, these are reserved for Senators.’
This story appeared in the Times-Herald of April 21, 1953. Within two months of this interview, Jackie’s engagement to the Senator was announced in the same newspaper on June 25th. However, the story told on Capitol Hill was at the Bartlett dinner, “the young Congressman leaned across the asparagus and asked the pretty girl for a date.”
Source: “My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy” by Mary Barelli Gallagher, Personal Secretary to the Former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy
Written by: Connie Limon. Visit Camelot Articles at http://www.camelotarticles.com for U.S. History articles and a variety of other FREE reprint articles.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s personal secretary tells her memories of the first time she saw Jacqueline Bouvier walking into Senator John F. Kennedy’s office. First impression was of a very young woman, with dark, tousled hair, poised and friendly as she walked past the girls in the Senator’s office. Years later, Mrs. Gallagher, personal secretary to Mrs. Kennedy read the memoirs of John H. Davis, Jackie’s cousin. In those memoirs it was revealed that Mrs. Kennedy did not take the Senator John F. Kennedy too seriously because of his “outlandish ambition,” which was the then Senator Kennedy confided to Jackie that he “intended to become President.”
Perhaps it was “The Inquiring Photographer” who Captured Senator John F. Kennedy’s Heart
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s personal secretary tells her memories of the first time she saw Jacqueline Bouvier walking into Senator John F. Kennedy’s office. First impression was of a very young woman, with dark, tousled hair, poised and friendly as she walked past the girls in the Senator’s office. Years later, Mrs. Gallagher, personal secretary to Mrs. Kennedy read the memoirs of John H. Davis, Jackie’s cousin. In those memoirs it was revealed that Mrs. Kennedy did not take the Senator John F. Kennedy too seriously because of his “outlandish ambition,” which was the then Senator Kennedy confided to Jackie that he “intended to become President.”
His office staff noted that generally, the Senator did not talk about his romantic activities. It was a surprise to everyone in his office when they read the announcement that it was Jacqueline Bouvier who had won the heart of the Senator. Although Jacqueline was very attractive, she was not the most or only glamorous girl to pass through the office door. Audrey Hepburn apparently had been in the Senator’s office as a romantic acquaintance. It seems the entire office was more impressed with Audrey Hepburn than with Jacqueline Bouvier. Mrs. Gallagher’s remembrance of Audrey Hepburn was of a graceful woman as a swan who carried a long, slim, red umbrella.
Up to the point of the Senator’s announcement about Jacqueline Bouvier, the office girls were aware that Senator Kennedy liked to go to the movies with various girls and that his personal secretary would have to call to arrange the dates for him. The young Senator was just too busy to make these arrangements himself. It was surprising to all the girls when the Senator managed to find the time to call Jackie himself.
In the days Jackie dated Senator Kennedy she worked for the Washington Times-Herald as “The Inquiring Photographer,” and roamed about the city getting comments to her clever and amusing questions. Jacqueline Bouvier’s column often displayed her sense of humor.
It was noted by Mrs. Gallagher how one day in her column she was asking children why Santa’s reindeer don’t come down the chimney and getting answers such as “They’re too fat,” and on another day she was asking pets what they were doing at the veterinarian’s, then reporting in her column, everything from treatments for gout to psychological problems.
Senator Kennedy’s office staff felt Jackie’s newspaper column had a prominent place in her romance with the Senator. Biographers at that time wrote of the famous dinner arranged by Jackie’s friends, the Charles Bartletts in June of 1951. Their romance did not seem to become serious at this point, but rather after she interviewed John F. Kennedy as the Senator. Her questions included what he thought about Senate Pages. She photographed him and repeated the procedure with his colleague across the hall, Vice President Richard Nixon.
When Jackie’s column was published, it quoted Senator Kennedy as saying, “I’ve often thought that the country might be better off if we Senators and Pages traded jobs. If such legislation is ever enacted, I’ll be glad to hand over the reins to Jerry Hoobler, whom I’ve often mistaken for a Senator.” Jackie quoted the Page as telling how Senator Kennedy was always being mistaken for a tourist or Page because of his youthful appearance. “The other day,” said Jerry Hoobler, “he wanted to use the special phones, but the cops told him, ‘Sorry, Mister, these are reserved for Senators.’
This story appeared in the Times-Herald of April 21, 1953. Within two months of this interview, Jackie’s engagement to the Senator was announced in the same newspaper on June 25th. However, the story told on Capitol Hill was at the Bartlett dinner, “the young Congressman leaned across the asparagus and asked the pretty girl for a date.”
Source: “My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy” by Mary Barelli Gallagher, Personal Secretary to the Former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy
Written by: Connie Limon. Visit Camelot Articles at http://www.camelotarticles.com for U.S. History articles and a variety of other FREE reprint articles.
This article is FREE to publish with the resource box.