Ted Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009 · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1932 to 2009 · aged 77
Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died.
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Ted Kennedy riding saddle-bronc at the Eastern Montana Fair rodeo in Miles City, Montana on August 27, 1960, while campaigning for his brother John.
First Senate campaign, 1962
A brochure for Kennedy's 1962 campaign
Ted Kennedy, accompanied by his brother Robert and sister-in-law Jacqueline, walks from the White House for the funeral procession accompanying President Kennedy's casket to Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.
Kennedy in 1966
Following Robert Kennedy's assassination, there was an attempt to draft Ted either as the Democratic presidential or vice-presidential nominee for the 1968 presidential election, but all the attempts failed.
Kennedy giving a presentation on his healthcare proposal in June 1971Listen
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He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, an uncle of incumbent U.S. secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.
