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For other persons named Ted Kennedy, see Ted Kennedy (disambiguation).
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22,
1932- January 20, 2009) was the senior United States
Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the
Democratic Party. In office since November 1962,
Kennedy is the second most senior member of the
Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States
Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia.[2][3] Due to his
long history of public service, he has become well known
by his nickname "The Lion of the Senate". The most
prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he is the
youngest brother of the late President John F. Kennedy
and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father
of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy. Kennedy is also the
sole surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose
Fitzgerald Kennedy, and one of three of their surviving
children (along with Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean
Kennedy Smith).
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Senior Senator
from Massachusetts
Incumbent
On May 20, 2008, doctors announced that Kennedy had
a malignant brain tumor, diagnosed after he experienced
a seizure at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport,
Massachusetts the previous weekend.[4] On June 2,
2008, Kennedy underwent brain surgery at Duke
University Medical Center. [5] He returned to the U.S.
Capitol on November 17, 2008.
Kennedy suffered a seizure at a luncheon following the
Barack Obama Presidential inauguration on January 20,
2009. He was removed in a wheelchair, and died shortly
after.
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Edward Moore Kennedy
Assumed office
November 7, 1962 [1]
Serving with John Kerry
Preceded by
Benjamin A. Smith
16 th United States Senate Majority
Whip
In office
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Leader
Mike Mansfield
Preceded by
Russell B. Long
Succeeded by Robert Byrd
Contents [hide]
1 Childhood and youth
2 Marriages and family
3 Senate career
3.1 Chappaquiddick incident
3.2 Presidential bid
3.2.1 Presidential endorsements
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
the Judiciary
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by
James Eastland
Succeeded by Strom Thurmond
3.3 Committee assignments
4 Brain cancer
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
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6 Political positions
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7 Electoral history
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8 References
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9 Further reading
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10 External links
10.1 Official sites
Simple English
Labor and Human Resource
5 Democratic Party icon
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10.2 Kennedy in his own words
Српскохрватски
10.3 Nonpartisan information
Suomi
10.4 Miscellanea
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by
Succeeded by Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions
In office
Svenska
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Türkçe
中文
Orrin Hatch
Childhood and youth
Preceded by
Jim Jeffords
Succeeded by Jim Jeffords
Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P.
Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, both members of
prominent Irish families in Boston. Some of his elder
siblings include John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy,
and Eunice Shriver. He attended the Fessenden School,
and later Milton Academy and entered Harvard College
in 1950, where he resided in Winthrop House. Kennedy
was also a member of the Owl Club. In May 1951, he
was suspended from Harvard for at least a year for
having a friend who was knowledgeable on the subject
write his Spanish examination.[6] Kennedy enlisted in the
United States Army for two years and was assigned to
the SHAPE headquarters in Paris. He eventually reentered Harvard, graduating in 1956. [2] In the 1955
Harvard-Yale football game, which Yale won 21–7,
Kennedy caught Harvard's only touchdown pass. [2]
Kennedy's promise on the football field had caught the
notice of Green Bay Packers Head Coach Lisle
Blackbourn. "You have been very highly recommended
to us by a number of coaches in your area and also by
our talent scouts as a possible Pro Prospect,"
Blackbourn wrote to the young Right End. Kennedy
declined the offer, saying he was flattered, but that he
had plans to attend law school and to 'go into another
contact sport, politics.'[7] In 1958, he attended the Hague
Academy of International Law.
He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia,
where he was the winner of the William Minor Lile Moot
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by
Succeeded by Judd Gregg
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 2007
Preceded by
Mike Enzi
Born
February 22, 1932 (age 76)
Boston, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic
Spouse
Joan Bennett Kennedy (19581982)
Victoria Reggie Kennedy (1992)
Children
Kara Anne Kennedy
Edward Kennedy, Jr.
Patrick J. Kennedy
Residence
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Alma mater
Harvard University
University of Virginia
Profession
Politician, lawyer
Religion
Roman Catholic
Website
kennedy.senate.gov
Military service
Court Competition,[8] and was admitted to the
Massachusetts Bar in 1959. [9] While he was in law
school, he managed his brother John's 1958 Senate reelection campaign.
Jim Jeffords
Service/branch United States Army
Years of
1951-1953
service
Marriages and family
Kennedy's home is in Hyannis, Massachusetts, where he lives with his second wife, Victoria Reggie
Kennedy, a Washington lawyer and the daughter of Louisiana judge Edmund Reggie, and her children
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from a previous marriage, Curran and Caroline. Victoria is president and co-founder of Common Sense
about Kids and Guns,[10] an advocacy group that seeks to reduce gun deaths and injuries to children in
the United States.
His first marriage was to Virginia Joan Bennett, whom he met while delivering a speech at
Manhattanville College and married on November 29, 1958, in Bronxville, New York. The marriage was
rumored to be troubled by Kennedy's womanizing and Virginia's alcoholism. [citation needed] They
divorced in 1982. Their children together are Kara Anne (born February 27, 1960), Edward Jr. (born
September 26, 1961), and Patrick (born July 14, 1967). Kara married Michael Allen on September 9,
1990, in Centerville, Massachusetts. They have two children: Grace Kennedy Allen (born September
19, 1994, in Washington, D.C.), and Max Greathouse Allen (born December 20, 1996, in Rockville,
Maryland). Edward Jr. and his wife, Dr. Katherine (Kiki) Gershman, have two children, Kiley Elizabeth
(born August 7, 1994) and Edward Moore Kennedy, III, (born February 25, 1998). After his brothers
John and Robert were assassinated in 1963 and 1968 respectively, Ted Kennedy also took on the role
of surrogate father for his brothers' 13 children. [11] He later negotiated the marital contract between
Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis.[12]
Senate career
In 1960, John Kennedy was
elected President of the United
States and vacated his
Massachusetts Senate seat. Ted
would not be eligible to fill his
brother's vacant Senate seat
until February 22, 1962, when he
would turn thirty. Therefore the
First Senate campaign.
President-elect asked
Massachusetts Governor Foster
Furcolo to name a Kennedy family friend Benjamin A. Smith II to fill
out John's term (under the authority of the 17th Amendment to the
Constitution, and state law). This kept the seat open for Ted. [13] In
1962, Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts in a
special election. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and
was reelected in 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006. [2]
John, Robert and Ted Kennedy,
c. 1960.
Kennedy is the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions Committee. He also serves on the Judiciary
Committee, and the Armed Services Committee. He is also a member of the Congressional Joint
Economic Committee, a founder of the Congressional Friends of Ireland and a trustee of the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.[2]
His brother, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963, the year after Ted was first elected
to the Senate. The next year, 1964, Kennedy was in a plane crash in which the pilot and Edward Moss,
one of Kennedy's aides, were killed. [14] He was pulled from the wreckage by fellow senator Birch E.
Bayh II (D-Ind.) and spent weeks in a hospital recovering from a severe back injury, a punctured lung,
broken ribs and internal bleeding. He has suffered chronic pain since the event. [15][16]
In 1968, his last surviving brother, Robert, was assassinated during his bid to be nominated as the
Democratic candidate for the presidency. Ted Kennedy delivered a eulogy at Robert's funeral. [17] The
1993 book The Last Brother by Joe McGinniss portrayed Kennedy as particularly devastated by the
death of Robert, as Ted was closer to Robert than to any other member of the Kennedy family. [18] In
January 1969, Kennedy defeated Louisiana Senator Russell B. Long to become Senate Majority
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Whip.[19] He would serve as Whip until January 1971, when he was defeated by Senator Robert Byrd
of West Virginia.[20]
Chappaquiddick incident
Main article: Chappaquiddick incident
The Chappaquiddick incident refers to the circumstances surrounding the 1969 death of Mary Jo
Kopechne, a former staff member in Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. Edward
Kennedy was driving a car with Kopechne as his passenger when the Senator drove off Dike Bridge
into Poucha Pond between Chappaquiddick Island and Cape Poge barrier beach. The Senator swam to
safety, but Kopechne died in the car. Kennedy left the scene and did not call authorities until after
Kopechne's body was discovered the following day. He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an
accident and was sentenced to two months in jail, suspended.
In January 1970, an inquest into Kopechne's death took place in Edgartown. At the request of
Kennedy's lawyers, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered the inquest be conducted in
secret. [21][22] Judge James A. Boyle presided over the inquest. His conclusions were as follows:
"Kopechne and Kennedy did not intend to return to Edgartown" at the time they left the party.
"Kennedy did not intend to drive to the ferry slip".
"[Kennedy]'s turn onto Dike Road was intentional".
Judge Boyle also said that "negligent driving appears to have contributed to the death of Mary Jo
Kopechne".[22]
Under Massachusetts law, Boyle could have ordered Kennedy's arrest, but he chose not to do so. [22]
District Attorney Dinis chose not to pursue Kennedy for manslaughter.
Presidential bid
Kennedy deflected supporters who urged him to run for President in 1972 and 1976 by citing family
concerns, in light of his brothers' assassinations. He finally threw his hat into the ring for the Democratic
nomination in the 1980 presidential election by launching an unusual, insurgent campaign against the
incumbent president, Jimmy Carter, a member of his own party. Despite much early support, his bid
was ultimately unsuccessful. Carter was highly unpopular at the time of Kennedy's
announcement, [citation needed] and Kennedy could have expected to do well against him, but the Iran
hostage crisis gave President Carter a large boost in the polls that lasted for several months. The
upswing in Carter's popularity knocked the wind out of Kennedy's candidacy, which was predicated on
dislodging an unpopular president. In addition, the Chappaquiddick incident still dogged Kennedy, and
his opponents often invoked the highly recognizable melody of Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 hit song
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" to remind voters of the tragedy and scandal. [citation needed]
Kennedy's campaign received substantial negative press from what pundits criticized as a rambling
response to the question "Why do you want to be President?" during an interview with Roger Mudd of
CBS News in 1979. [23] Kennedy won 10 presidential primaries against Carter, who won 24. Eventually,
he bowed out of the race, but delivered a well-received speech before the 1980 Democratic National
Convention in New York City. [24]
Presidential endorsements
While Kennedy himself did not run for President again, he has
endorsed and campaigned for other candidates. In 1988, he
supported the successful bid of Massachusetts Governor Michael
Dukakis to win the nomination. [25] Four years later, in 1992, he
initially backed former fellow Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas,
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who lost to Bill Clinton.[25] In 2000, Kennedy supported Vice
President Al Gore against former New Jersey Senator Bill
Bradley.[25] In 2004, he backed fellow Massachusetts Senator John
Kerry, who won the nomination but lost to incumbent George W.
Bush.[25] In the 2008 election, Kennedy supported the successful
bid of Illinois Senator Barack Obama who defeated Republican
Barack Obama and Ted
Kennedy in Hartford, February 4,
2008.
nominee, John McCain in the election. [25]
Committee assignments
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Subcommittee on Personnel
Subcommittee on Sea Power (Chairman)
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Chairman)
As chairman of the full committee, Sen. Kennedy is an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
Joint Economic Committee
Brain cancer
On May 17, 2008, seven months after having surgery to clear a blocked left carotid artery, Kennedy
was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital from the Kennedy Compound after feeling ill and consulting with his
physician, and then was subsequently transferred by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston. [26] According to multiple sources, Kennedy was suffering from symptoms of a stroke.[27] It was
later reported that Kennedy had suffered two seizures, one initially at his Hyannis Port home and
another in a helicopter en route to Massachusetts General Hospital from Cape Cod Hospital. [28]
On May 20, doctors announced that Kennedy has a malignant glioma, a type of cancerous brain
tumor. [29] The treatment for this condition is often surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, but this will
depend on the type, location and degree of malignancy. Kennedy's own doctors have not publicly
released a prognosis, but experts report that the median survival time for patients with this condition is
15 months. [30] Kennedy left the hospital and returned to Cape Cod on May 21. Doctors said that he
had "recovered remarkably quickly" from the biopsy in which the tumor was found and that he was
waiting for additional test results as well as treatment plans.[31]
On June 2, 2008, Kennedy underwent brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center in an attempt to
remove as much of the brain tumor as possible. [32][33] Surgery was considered the most aggressive
route possible in treating the tumor; his doctors had not previously mentioned the possibility of surgery
to the public. [32] The surgery, conducted by Dr. Allan Friedman, lasted for about three and a half hours,
and according to Friedman, it was successful in its goals. Friedman said that the surgery was
performed on Kennedy while he was awake and that he did not expect Kennedy to suffer any
permanent neurological effects from the surgery. Kennedy planned to spend a brief period recuperating
from the surgery before beginning chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Massachusetts General
Hospital. [33] He left the hospital at Duke on June 9, returning to Cape Cod. [34]
Opinions vary regarding Kennedy's prognosis. The surgery can extend survival time but only by a
matter of months. [5] John H. Sampson, a neurosurgeon who worked with Friedman, stated: "It almost
certainly won't be curative, but it should enhance the chances that additional treatment will be
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effective." Others noted that some people with similar tumors have survived for years. [33][35]
Though ill, Senator Kennedy attended the first night of the 2008
Democratic National Convention in August 2008, where a video
tribute to Kennedy was played. Introduced by his niece, Caroline
Kennedy, he delivered a speech to the delegates [36] in which,
reminiscent of his speech at the 1980 Democratic National
Convention, he said, "this November, the torch will be passed
again to a new generation of Americans. So, with Barack Obama
and for you and for me, our country will be committed to his
cause. The work begins anew. The hope rises again. And the
dream lives on."[37]
On September 26, 2008, Kennedy suffered a mild seizure while
at his home in Hyannis Port, for which he was examined and
released from hospital on the same day. Doctors believe that a
Kennedy speaks during the first
night of the 2008 Democratic National
Convention in Denver, Colorado, while
delegates hold signs reading
"KENNEDY".
change in his medication triggered the seizure. [38]
On January 20, 2009, during the Inaugural Lunch of President Barack Obama, he suffered another
seizure. As of 20.00 GMT its severity was unconfirmed.
Democratic Party icon
Since his presidential bid, Kennedy has become one of the most recognizable and influential members
of the party, and is sometimes called a "Democratic icon". [39] In April 2006, Kennedy was selected by
Time as one of "America's 10 Best Senators"; the magazine noted that he had "amassed a titanic
record of legislation affecting the lives of virtually every man, woman and child in the country" and that
"by the late 1990s, the liberal icon had become such a prodigious cross-aisle dealer that Republican
leaders began pressuring party colleagues not to sponsor bills with him". [40]
In 2004, Kennedy was involved in the failed presidential bid of his fellow Massachusetts Senator John
Kerry, speaking for Kerry multiple times and lending his chief of staff, Mary Beth Cahill, to the Kerry
campaign. Kennedy stated that he would have supported Kerry should he have chosen to run for
president in 2008. On January 28, 2008, Kennedy endorsed Senator Barack Obama in his campaign
for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 2006, Kennedy released a children's book My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington,
D.C.[41] Also in 2006, Kennedy released a political history entitled America Back on Track.[42]
As of 2008, Kennedy is the second-longest serving current senator, trailing only Robert Byrd. Kennedy
won an eighth full (and ninth overall) term in 2006. If he serves out his full six-year current term, he will
have served in the U.S. Senate for 50 years. Currently, he is the chairman of the United States Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
He passed away on January 20, 2009 at a lunchin after Barrak Obama was sworn in.
Political positions
Main article: Political positions of Ted Kennedy
Electoral history
Main article: Electoral history of Ted Kennedy
References
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1. ^ http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf
2. ^ a b c d e "Senator Kennedy's Bio ". United States Senate. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
3. ^ "SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES
" (PDF). Senate Historical Office. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
4. ^ "Doctors: Ted Kennedy has brain tumor ", CNN (2008-05-20). Retrieved on 20 May 2008.
5. ^ a b "Sen. Edward Kennedy undergoes surgery for brain tumor ". New York Daily News (2008-06-03). Retrieved
on 2008-06-04.
6. ^ Mann, Elizabeth (December 9, 1993). "Harvard Legends from ""The First Abridged Dictionary of Harvard
Myths"
". The Harvard Independent pp. 10-11.. published in The AFU and Urban Legend Archive – Collegiate.
7. ^ "Senator Edward M. Kennedy
". Kennedy.senate.gov. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
8. ^ McCarten, Tim (September 8, 2006). "UVA Law's 7 Senators
9. ^ "Sen. Ted Kennedy to Keynote Public Service Conference
". Virginia Law Weekly 59 (2).
". University of Virginia School of Law (March 1,
2006). Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
10. ^ "Victoria Reggie Kennedy Bio
". Common Sense About Kids and Guns.
11. ^ Black, Chris et al. (July 24, 1999). "Final memorial set for victims of Kennedy crash
", CNN News. Retrieved on
26 December 2006.
12. ^ Evans, Peter (1986). Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotles Onassis. Summit Books. ISBN 0671465082.
13. ^ "eddy & Kennedyism
" (1962-09-28). Retrieved on 23 May 2008.
14. ^ "John F. Kennedy Jr. - Timeline: Misfortunes of a Family
15. ^ "Teddy's Ordeal
". CNN (July 1999). Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
", Time (1964-06-26). Retrieved on 23 May 2008.
16. ^ Check-Six.com - The 1964 Crash of Ted Kennedy's Plane
17. ^ "Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumour, tests show
", CTV.ca (2008-05-20). Retrieved on 23 May 2008.
18. ^ Ferguson, Andrew (1993-09-06). "His brothers' last keeper
". National Review. FindArticles.com. Retrieved on
2008-05-23.
19. ^ "The Ascent of Ted Kennedy
", Time (1969-01-10). Retrieved on 23 May 2008.
20. ^ Nolan, Martin F. (December 1999). "Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography - Review
". Washington Monthly.
FindArticles.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
21. ^ Trotta, p. 184.
22. ^ a b c Bly, p. 213.
23. ^ [1]
, C-SPAN/Brian Lamb April 6, 2008.
24. ^ Ted Kennedy: 1980 Democratic National Convention Address
25. ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns - Candidate - Edward "Ted" Kennedy
26. ^ "Sen. Kennedy suffers seizure; hospitalized in Boston
27. ^ "Edward Kennedy taken to hospital
", Cape Cod Times (2008-05-17).
", BBC News (2008-05-18).
28. ^ Schworm, Peter; Viser, Matt (2008-05-17). "Ted Kennedy not in immediate danger; seizure cause sought
", The
Boston Globe.
29. ^ Johnson, Glen (2008-05-20). "Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has a brain tumor, a condition discovered after
seizure
", Associated Press, Star Tribune. Retrieved on 20 May 2008.
30. ^ Thomas H. Maugh II (2008-05-21). "Kennedy's tumor prognosis is weakened by age
", Los Angeles Times.
Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
31. ^ Pam Belluck and Anahad O'Connor, "Kennedy Leaves Hospital in Boston"
, The New York Times, May 22,
2008.
32. ^ a b Matt Viser and Michael Levenson, "Kennedy's brain tumor surgery deemed a success"
, Boston.com, June
2, 2008.
33. ^ a b c Michelle Fay Cortez, "Kennedy's Brain Surgery Can Reduce, Not Cure, Tumor (Update1)"
,
Bloomberg.com, June 2, 2008.
34. ^ "Kennedy released from hospital"
, CNN, June 9, 2008.
35. ^ "Kennedy undergoes brain surgery
". spokesmanreview.com.
36. ^ "Kennedy electrifies Democratic convention with appearance - CNN.com
". Cnn.com. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
37. ^ http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/25/kennedy-speaks-at-the-democratic-convention/
38. ^ "U.S. Sen. Kennedy released from hospital
", Reuters (September 26, 2008). Retrieved on 26 September 2008.
39. ^ Chaddock, Gail Russell (January 30, 2008), "Democratic primary: Quiet battle for the other delegates
", The
Christian Science Monitor
40. ^ Ted Kennedy: The Dogged Achiever
41. ^ Ted Kennedy pens children's book
, Time, April 14, 2006. Accessed online May 6, 2007.
, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, January 9, 2006. Accessed online
December 26, 2006.
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42. ^ "Sen. Ted Kennedy and 'America Back on Track'"
, NPR, April 20, 2006. Accessed online February 22, 2007.
Further reading
Gary Allen (1981). Ted Kennedy: In over His Head, Conservative Pr. ISBN 978-0892450206.
Nellie Bly. (1996). The Kennedy Men: Three Generations of Sex, Scandal and Secrets. ISBN 157566-106-3.
Richard E. Burke (1993). The Senator: My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy. St. Martin's Press. ISBN
0-312-95133-7.
Adam Clymer (1999). Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography. Wm. Morrow & Company. ISBN 0-68814285-0.
Leo Damore (1988). Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up. ISBN 0-89526-564-8.
Murray Levin (1966). Kennedy Campaigning: the System and the Style as Practiced By Senator
Edward Kennedy. .Beacon Press.
Murray Levin (1980). Edward Kennedy: The Myth of Leadership. ISBN 0-395292492.
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United States Senate
United States Senator (Class 1) from
Massachusetts
Preceded by
November 7, 1962 – present
Benjamin A. Smith II
Incumbent
Served alongside: Leverett Saltonstall, Edward
Brooke, Paul Tsongas, John Kerry
Political offices
Preceded by
Senate Majority Whip
Succeeded by
Russell B. Long
Senate Democratic Whip
Robert C. Byrd
Louisiana
1969 – 1971
West Virginia
Preceded by
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Succeeded by
James Eastland
Committee
Strom Thurmond
D-Mississippi
1978 – 1981
R-South Carolina
Preceded by
Chairman of the Senate Labor and
Succeeded by
Orrin Hatch
Human Resources Committee
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
R-Utah
1987 – 1995
R-Kansas
Chairman of the Senate Health,
Preceded by
Education,
James Jeffords
Labor, and Pensions Committee
R-Vermont
Succeeded by
James Jeffords
R-Vermont
January 3 - January 20, 2001
Chairman of the Senate Health,
Preceded by
Education,
James Jeffords
Labor, and Pensions Committee
I-Vermont
Succeeded by
Judd Gregg
R-New Hampshire
June 6, 2001 – 2003
Chairman of the Senate Health,
Preceded by
Education,
Michael Enzi
Labor, and Pensions Committee
R-Wyoming
Incumbent
2007 – present
Order of precedence in the United States of America
Preceded by
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United States order of precedence
President pro tempore of the
United States Senator
United States Senate
Succeeded by
Daniel Inouye
United States Senator
Order of precedence in the United States of America
Preceded by
Robert Byrd
(Dean of the Senate)
United States Senators by seniority
Succeeded by
2nd
Daniel Inouye
Party political offices
Democratic Party nominee for United
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States Senator from Massachusetts
Preceded by
Succeeded by
(Class 1)
John F. Kennedy
to be determined
1962, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994,
2000, 2006
Current Committee assignments
Committee
Position
Armed Services
Subcommittee Chairman
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee Chairman
Joint Economic
Judiciary
Subcommittee Chairman
Massachusetts's current delegation to the United States Congress
v• d • e
Senators
Representative(s)
Edward Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D)
John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Niki Tsongas (D),
John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Mike Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D),
Bill Delahunt (D)
State delegations
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware •
Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky •
Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi •
Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico •
New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania •
Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont •
Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
Non-voting delegations
American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Puerto Rico •
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Current members of the United States Senate
AL: Shelby (R), Sessions (R) IN: Lugar (R), Bayh (D)
AK: Murkowski (R), Begich IA: Grassley (R), Harkin (D)
(D)
KS: Brownback (R), Roberts
(R)
AZ: McCain (R), Kyl (R)
AR: Lincoln (D), Pryor (D)
KY: McConnell (R), Bunning
CA: Feinstein (D), Boxer (D) (R)
CO: M. Udall (D), vacant
LA: Landrieu (D), Vitter (R)
CT: Dodd (D), Lieberman
ME: Snowe (R), Collins (R)
(ID)
MD: Mikulski (D), Cardin (D)
DE: Carper (D), Kaufman (D) MA: Kennedy (D), Kerry (D)
FL: C. W. Nelson (D),
MI: Levin (D), Stabenow (D)
Martinez (R)
MN Klobuchar (D), vacant
GA: Chambliss (R), Isakson MS: Cochran (R), Wicker (R)
(R)
MO: Bond (R), McCaskill (D)
HI: Inouye (D), Akaka (D)
ID: Crapo (R), Risch (R)
IL: Durbin (D), Burris (D)
MT: Baucus (D), Tester (D)
NE: E. B. Nelson (D),
Johanns (R)
NV: Reid (D), Ensign (R)
NH: Gregg (R), Shaheen (D)
NJ: Lautenberg (D),
Menendez (D)
NM: Bingaman (D), T. Udall
(D)
NY: Schumer (D), vacant
NC: Burr (R), Hagan (D)
ND: Conrad (D), Dorgan (D)
OH: Voinovich (R), Brown
(D)
OK: Inhofe (R), Coburn (R)
OR: Wyden (D), Merkley (D)
PA: Specter (R), Casey (D)
RI: Reed (D), Whitehouse
(D)
SC: Graham (R), DeMint (R)
SD: Johnson (D), Thune (R)
TN: Alexander (R), Corker
(R)
TX: Hutchison (R), Cornyn
(R)
UT: Hatch (R), Bennett (R)
VT: Leahy (D), Sanders (I)
VA: Webb (D), Warner (D)
WA: Murray (D), Cantwell
(D)
WV: Byrd (D), Rockefeller
(D)
WI: Kohl (D), Feingold (D)
WY: Enzi (R), Barrasso (R)
Democratic (54) • Republican (41) • Independent (2) • Vacant (3)
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United States Senators from Massachusetts
Dalton • Cabot • Goodhue • Mason • Adams • Lloyd • Gore • Ashmun • Mellen • Mills •
Class 1
Webster • Choate • Webster • Winthrop • Rantoul • Sumner • Washburn • Dawes •
Lodge, Sr. • Butler • Walsh • Lodge, Jr. • J. Kennedy • Smith • E. Kennedy
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Strong • Sedgwick • Dexter • Foster • Pickering • Varnum • Otis • Lloyd • Silsbee • Davis •
Class 2
Bates • Davis • Everett • Rockwell • Wilson • Boutwell • Hoar • Crane • J. Weeks • Walsh •
Gillett • Coolidge • Lodge, Jr. • S. Weeks • Saltonstall • Brooke • Tsongas • Kerry
Current statewide government officials of Massachusetts
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U.S. Senators
Ted Kennedy · John Kerry
Deval Patrick, Governor · Tim Murray, Lieutenant Governor ·
State Government
Martha Coakley, Attorney General · Timothy Cahill, Treasurer ·
Joe DeNucci, Auditor
State Senate
State House
Therese Murray, President · Frederick Berry, Majority Leader ·
Richard R. Tisei, Minority Leader
Salvatore DiMasi, Speaker · John Rogers, Majority Leader ·
Bradley Jones, Jr., Minority Leader
Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice · John M. Greaney ·
Supreme Judicial Court
Roderick L. Ireland · Francis X. Spina · Judith A. Cowin ·
Robert J. Cordy · Margot Botsford
Kennedy family
v• d • e
Joseph P. Kennedy
Ancestors
James Kennedy and Maria Kennedy • Patrick Kennedy (m.)
Bridget Murphy • P. J. Kennedy (m.) Mary Augusta Hickey
Philip and Mary Cox • Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna Cox • Michael
Rose Fitzgerald
Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald • John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
(m.) Mary Josephine Hannon
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. • John Fitzgerald Kennedy (m.)
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier • Rosemary Kennedy •
Kathleen Agnes Kennedy (m.)
Kennedy family
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. &
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington •
Eunice Mary Kennedy (m.) Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. •
Patricia Kennedy Lawford (m.) Peter Lawford •
Robert Francis Kennedy (m.) Ethel Skakel • Jean Ann Kennedy (m.)
Stephen Edward Smith • Edward Moore Kennedy (m.1st)
Virginia Joan Bennett (m.2nd) Victoria Anne Reggie
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (1915–1944)
none
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (m.)
Edwin Arthur Schlossberg •
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (m.)
Carolyn Jeanne Bessette •
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Robert Sargent Shriver III •
Maria Owings Shriver (m.)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–present)
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger •
Timothy Perry Shriver •
Mark Kennedy Shriver •
Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver
Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924–2006)
Descendants
Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Kathleen Hartington Kennedy •
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II •
Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. •
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David Anthony Kennedy •
Mary Courtney Kennedy •
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–1968)
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy •
Mary Kerry Kennedy (m.)
Andrew Mark Cuomo •
Christopher George Kennedy •
Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy •
Douglas Harriman Kennedy •
Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy
Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–present)
Edward Moore Kennedy (1932–present)
William Kennedy Smith
Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. •
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
See also: The Kennedy Curse • The Kennedy Compound • Hickory Hill • The Merchandise Mart • Descendants •
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