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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsKERRY, John Forbes
(1943—)
Senate Years of Service:
1985-
Party:
Democrat
KERRY, John Forbes, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Fitzsimons Army Hospital (Colorado), December 11, 1943; graduated, St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H., 1962; graduated, Yale University 1966; served in the United States Navy 1966-1969, with service in Vietnam; graduated, Boston College Law School 1976; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1976 and commenced practice in 1976; assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, Mass. 1977-1982; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1982-1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990, 1996, and again in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009; chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (One Hundredth Congress), Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth Congress); Democratic candidate for U.S. president, 2004.
Bibliography
Kerry, John. A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America
. New York: Penguin Books, 2003.
Kerry, John. A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America
. New York: Penguin Books, 2003.
___. The New War: The Web of Crime that Threatens America’s Security
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
___. Our Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World
. New York: Public Affairs, 2004.
Kerry, John, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The New Soldier
. Edited by David Thorne and George Butler. New York: Macmillan Co., 1971.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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