The Road to the White House

Name: The Road to the White House
Released: 2021-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Antony Conaty, Tara Breathnach

TV Show · Documentary · History

Chronicling how Irish immigrants to the United States rose from impoverished, disorganised outsiders to eventually elect John F Kennedy as the country's first non-Protestant, non-Anglo Saxon president.

2021 · 46m

Starring Antony Conaty, Tara Breathnach

Director Dathaí Keane

EPISODE 1

The Birth of the Machine and a 1st run at the Whitehouse

Explore the stories of two men, namely Richard `Boss' Croker and Al Smith.
EPISODE 2

The Power Brokers

Explore the immense amount of power city bosses can have and how they can also influence national politics, through the lives of Tom Prendergast of Kansas City and Boston's James Michael Curley.
EPISODE 3

The Kingmaker and the King

Delve into the story of Chicago's Mayor Richard J Daley who controlled the city for all of 20 years as mayor and how he was key to the choosing of JFK to be the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1960.