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Electoral history of Ted Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009) and, at the time of his death, the second most senior member of the Senate.
- Ted Kennedy’s Childhood and Education
- Ted Kennedy’s Election to The U.S. Senate
- Ted Kennedy’s Marriages and Family
- Tragedy Strikes The Kennedys
- Incident at Chappaquiddick
- Ted Kennedy’s Bid For The White House
- The Liberal Lion of The Senate
- Ted Kennedy’s Final Years
Edward Moore Kennedy was born in Boston on February 22, 1932, the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888-1969), a wealthy financier who served as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commissionand later as ambassador to Great Britain, and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995), the daughter of a Boston politician. As a c...
When John Kennedy made his 1960 run for the White House, Ted Kennedy campaigned for him in the Western states. A licensed pilot, he barnstormed around the region, meeting with delegates and trying bronco riding and ski jumping as a way to connect with people. In November 1960, John Kennedy was elected America’s 35th president. The following month, ...
In 1958 Ted Kennedy married Joan Bennett (1936-), who he met through his sister Jean (1928-); both women had attended Manhattanville College in New York. The couple had three children—Kara (1960-), Edward Jr. (1961-) and Patrick (1967-)—before divorcing in 1982. In 1992, Kennedy married Victoria Reggie (1954-), a Washingtonattorney with two childre...
On November 22, 1963, tragedy struck the Kennedy family and the nation when 46-year-old President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was the third Kennedy sibling to perish. The oldest child, Joseph Kennedy Jr. (1915-1944), a Navy pilot, died in World War II, and the second-eldest daughter, Kathleen (1920-1948), was killed in a plan...
On July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy was involved in a controversial event that would mar the rest of his career. He accidentally drove his car off a bridge on Massachusetts’ Chappaquiddick Island, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne (1940-1969), who drowned. Kennedy did not report the incident to the authorities for nearly 10 hours, claiming the dela...
In November 1979, Ted Kennedy announced he would run against President Jimmy Carter(1924-) for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy won primaries in New York, California and eight other states, but his campaign was disorganized and hurt by lingering questions about Chappaquiddick. At the August 1980 Democratic National Convention, h...
Some historians have called Ted Kennedy one of the most effective legislators in the history of the U.S. Senate. During nearly 47 years on Capitol Hill, his office wrote some 2,500 bills, over 300 of which became law. Additionally, more than 550 bills that he co-sponsored became law. A skilled orator and gifted storyteller, Kennedy was known for hi...
In May 2008, Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. That August, despite his poor health, he made a rousing speech in his distinct Massachusetts accent at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. In his speech, the senator, who earlier that year had endorsed Barack Obama for president, invoked the legacy of the Kennedy family ...
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Oct 23, 2024 · Early in 1969 Kennedy was elected majority whip in the U.S. Senate, and he became an early front-runner for the next Democratic presidential nomination. Then, on the night of July 18–19, 1969, Kennedy drove a car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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- Ted Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1956. He then studied at the International Law School (The Hague) and received a law degree from t...
- On the night of July 18–19, 1969, Ted Kennedy drove a car off an unmarked bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. H...
- Ted Kennedy was a U.S. senator from 1962 until his death in 2009. A Democrat, he was a leading advocate in the Senate for several causes, including...
- Ted Kennedy received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 15, 2009. The award was accepted on his behalf by his children just 10 days before...
Apr 2, 2014 · Kennedy was reelected to the Senate in 1970 despite the scandal, but the incident dogged his subsequent political career and discouraged him from running for president in 1972 and 1976.
He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was re-elected seven more times. The Chappaquiddick incident in 1969 resulted in the death of his automobile passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. He pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and received a two-month suspended sentence. The incident and its aftermath hindered his ...
He was elected in 1962 to finish the final two years of the Senate term of his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, who was elected President in 1960. Ted Kennedy was re-elected to seven full terms.
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He was re-elected in 1964, and began to establish a reputation for social welfare reports and legislation proposals. Elected Senate majority whip in 1969, after the deaths of his two brothers, he seemed unchallenged as Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency.
