Ted Kennedy

Also known as Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

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Edward M. Kennedy (1932–2009) was an American politician, lawyer, autobiographer, and jurist. Born in Dorchester to Rose Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., he served as a district attorney and a United States senator. A member of the Democratic Party, he was educated at Harvard College, the University of Virginia School of Law, and The Hague Academy of International Law. He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Kennedy was married to Joan Bennett Kennedy and Victoria Reggie Kennedy, with whom he had children Kara Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy Jr., and Patrick J. Kennedy. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Profile in Courage Award, and the Nansen Refugee Award. He died of natural causes due to a brain tumor in Barnstable, Hyannis Port, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent political Kennedy family, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in United States history for…