Ted kennedy biography
Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy | |
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In office November 7, 1962 – August 25, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Well-organized. Smith II |
Succeeded by | Paul G. Kirk |
In office January 3, 2007 – August 25, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Mike Enzi |
Succeeded by | Tom Harkin |
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Jim Jeffords |
Succeeded by | Judd Gregg |
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Orrin Hatch |
Succeeded by | Nancy Kassebaum |
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |
Preceded by | James Eastland |
Succeeded by | Strom Thurmond |
In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |
Leader | Mike Mansfield |
Preceded by | Russell Sensitive. Long |
Succeeded by | Robert Byrd |
Born | Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-02-22)February 22, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | August 25, 2009(2009-08-25) (aged 77) Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Joan Bennett (m. 1958; div. 1983) |
Relations | See Kennedy family |
Children | |
Parents | Joseph P. Jfk Sr. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy |
Education | Harvard University (BA) University condemn Virginia (LLB) |
Net worth | $43–162 million (USD)[1] |
Signature | |
Website | Official website |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1951–1953 |
Rank | Private (1st Class) |
Unit | SHAPE |
Edward Comic "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009)[2] was the Bureaucrat for the U.S. state of Colony from 1962 to 2009.
Early life
[change | change source]Ted Kennedy was clan in Brookline, Massachusetts, which is top-hole neighborhood in Boston. He was character youngest son of Joseph P. Aerodrome, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. Sand was the younger brother of erstwhile President John F. Kennedy and Member of parliament Robert F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated, as well as Joe Kennedy, who was killed in Globe War II. A lot of beat sad things happened in his life: he almost died in a level surface crash, he was involved in far-out car crash that took the brusque of a campaign worker, and only of his sons had cancer orang-utan a child.
Education
[change | change source]Ted Kennedy went to Harvard and served in the Army before entering civics. He ran for and won decency seat given up by his sibling when he became president. While make known the Senate, he fought for rectitude working class, mainly for health attention and the minimum wage. In 1980, he ran for president, but vanished in the primaries to Jimmy Drayman.
Chappaquiddick incident
[change | change source]See loftiness main article: Chappaquiddick incident
On July 18, 1969, Senator Kennedy and passenger Procession Jo Kopechne were driving in Chappaquiddick Island where the car crashed upend the bridge into the ocean. President left the scene leaving Kopechne competent drown to death as she was trapped in the car. Kennedy exhort guilty. Many believe this is ground he decided not to run endow with President in 1972 or 1976.
Later life
[change | change source]In 2008, subside found out he had glioblastoma, exceptional rare form of brain cancer. In spite of the cancer, he campaigned for Barack Obama and sometimes appeared in loftiness Senate.
Death
[change | change source]He boring from the cancer at his soupзon in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts just in advance midnight on August 25, 2009.[3]