(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, and served from November 7, 1962, until his death; 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 and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses); died in Hyannis Port, Mass., on August 25, 2009; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. « less
Family
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Founder of Special Olympics - brother of John F. Kennedy...
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
US Representative from Rhode Island
Government Positions
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Office/Staff
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Daniel K Tarullo
Federal Reserve governor; Georgetown law professor; former...
Dean Aguillen
Ex Senior Adviser for Pelosi, current lobbyist for Ogilvy
Melody Barnes
Obama administration director of the White House Domestic Policy...
Kenneth R Feinberg
Pay Czar, Obama Administration; Former head of 9/11 victim...
Other Positions & Memberships
Education
Harvard University
Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA
Political Fundraising Committees
Donors
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Steve Grossman
Massachusetts Treasurer
John P Manning
President & CEO of Boston Capital Corporation
John D Rockefeller IV
US Senator from West Virginia
Irene Schwartz
Wife of Bernard Schwartz
John J Hannan
Co-Founder with Leon D. Black of Apollo Global Management.
Phillip Rooney
Former Executive at ServiceMaster
Charles S Paul
Senior Adviser at Centerview Partners
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Founder of Special Olympics - brother of John F. Kennedy...
Paul G Kirk Jr
Kennedy's temporary replacement in the US Senate
Kenneth R Feinberg
Pay Czar, Obama Administration; Former head of 9/11 victim...
Donation/Grant Recipients
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John Kerry
US Senator from Massachusetts
Chris Dodd
President & CEO of MPAA; former US Senator from CT
John R Lewis
US Representative from Georgia
Barack Obama
President of the United States
John Sarbanes
US Representative from Maryland
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
US Representative from Rhode Island
Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Harris Wofford
US Senator from Pennsylvania
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
US Representative from Massachusetts
