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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsKENNEDY, Edward Moore
(1932—)
Senate Years of Service:
1962-
Party:
Democrat
KENNEDY, Edward Moore, (brother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Robert Francis Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, uncle of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, and father of Patrick J. Kennedy), a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 22, 1932; graduated, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., in 1950; graduated, Harvard College 1956, the International Law School, The Hague, Holland, 1958, and the University of Virginia Law School 1959; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959; appointed assistant district attorney in Suffolk County 1961; elected in a special election on November 6, 1962, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the 1960 resignation of his brother, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, for the term ending January 3, 1965; reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1980; Democratic whip 1969-1971; chair, Committee on the Judiciary (Ninety-sixth Congress), Committee on Labor and Human Resources (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses), Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth Congress).
Bibliography
Kennedy, Edward M., Our Day and Generation: The Words of Edward M. Kennedy
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979; Kennedy, Edward M. America Back on Track
. New York: Viking, 2006.
Kennedy, Edward M. America Back on Track
. New York: Viking, 2006.
___. Decisions for a Decade: Policies and Programs for the 1970s
. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968.
___. In Critical Condition: The Crisis in America’s Health Care
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
___. Our Day and Generation: The Words of Edward M. Kennedy
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979.
___. A People of Compassion: The Concerns of Edward Kennedy
. New York: Regina Press, 1972.
___, and Mark O. Hatfield. Freeze!: How You Can Help Prevent Nuclear War
. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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