Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy
(February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States
Senator from Massachusetts
and a member of the Democratic
Party. He was the second most
senior member of the Senate when he died and was the fourth-longest-serving
senator in United States history, having served there for almost 47
years. As the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family for many years,
he was also the last surviving son of Joseph P.
Kennedy, Sr.; the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and
Senator Robert F.
Kennedy, both victims of assassination; and the father of Congressman
Patrick J.
Kennedy.
Kennedy entered the Senate on the
6th November 1962
special election to fill the seat once held by his brother John. He
was elected to a full six-year term in 1964
and was re-elected seven more times before his death. His one attempt, in the 1980
presidential election, resulted in a Democratic primary campaign
loss to incumbent President Jimmy Carter.
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