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Robert F. Kennedy

Also known as RFK, Robert Kennedy, Robert Francis Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy

Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he is considered an icon of modern American liberalism in the 21st century.

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Robert F. Kennedy was an American politician, military officer, lawyer, and writer. Born in Brookline in 1925, he was the son of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. He attended Harvard College, the University of Virginia School of Law, and Bates College. Kennedy served as United States Attorney General and as a United States senator. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. He was married to Ethel Kennedy, and they had four children: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph P. Kennedy II, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and David A. Kennedy. Kennedy received the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was killed by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles in 1968 due to a gunshot wound. His notable works include *Robert Kennedy in South Africa* and *The enemy within*.

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Robert F. Kennedy appears in Vinony's Congressional Gold Medal collection — one of 246 entries. It also appears in Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Vinony's link graph records 2,866 inbound references to Robert F. Kennedy, and connects out to United States Senate, Republican Party (United States) and United States Department of Justice.

It is catalogued under topics including 1925 births, 1964 United States vice-presidential candidates and 1968 deaths.

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Born: 1925
Died: 1968
Works: 44

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Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, petitioner v. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, respondent. Lafayette E. Broome and Francis X. Worthington, for petitioner; Nathan Witt and Joseph Forer, for respondent. Recommended decision by Francis A. Cherry, board member, issued Decemebr 26, 1961
Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, petitioner v. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, respondent. Lafayette E. Broome and Francis X. Worthington, for petitioner; Nathan Witt and Joseph Forer, for respondent. Report and order of the Board, issued May 4, 1962
To the worthy tradesmen, artificers, mechanics, &c. Electors for the city and county of Philadelphia
Robert Kennedy in South Africa

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Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. He served as a United States senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was previously the 64th U.S. attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, serving under his older brother President John F. Kennedy and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy was…