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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy |
Address | Barnstable, Massachusetts , United States |
Email | None |
Website | [Link] |
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February 22, 1932
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Died | August 25, 2009
(77 years)
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Contributor | ArmyDem |
Last Modifed | NCdem Apr 13, 2024 05:40pm |
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Info | Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, Sr.
Edward M. Kennedy was the third longest-serving member of the United States Senate in American history. Voters of Massachusetts elected him to the Senate nine times—a record matched by only one other Senator.
The scholar Thomas Mann said his time in the Senate was “an amazing and endurable presence. You want to go back to the 19th century to find parallels, but you won’t find parallels.”
President Obama has described his breathtaking span of accomplishment: “For five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health, and economic well being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts.”
He fought for and won so many great battles—on voting rights, education, immigration reform, the minimum wage, national service, the nation’s first major legislation to combat AIDS, and equality for minorities, women, the disabled and gay Americans.
He called health care “the cause of my life,” and succeeded in bringing quality and affordable health care for countless Americans, including children, seniors and Americans with disabilities. Until the end he was working tirelessly to achieve historic national health reform. He was an opponent of the Vietnam War and an early champion of the war’s refugees. He was a powerful yet lonely voice from the beginning against the invasion of Iraq. He stood for human rights abroad—from Chile to the former Soviet Union – and was a leader in the cause of poverty relief for the poorest nations of Africa and the world. He believed in a strong national defense and he also unceasingly pursued and advanced the work of nuclear arms control.
He was the conscience of his party, and also the Senate’s greatest master of forging compromise with the other party. Known as the “Lion of the Senate,” Senator Kennedy was widely respected on both sides of the aisle for his commitment to progress and his ability to legislate.
Senator Kennedy was Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Previously he was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and served on that committee for many years. He also served on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. He was a leader of the Congressional Friends of Ireland and helped lead the way toward peace on that island.
He was a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia Law School. He lived in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with his wife Vicki. He is survived by her and their five children Kara, Edward Jr., and Patrick Kennedy, and Curran and Caroline Raclin, and his sister Jean Kennedy Smith.
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Nov 22, 2009 02:40pm |
General |
Sizing up the next generation of Kennedys
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Article |
Monsieur |
Aug 28, 2009 11:00am |
General |
George H.W. Bush skipping Kennedy service
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
Aug 26, 2009 04:45pm |
Blog Entry |
Sarah Palin's Facebook 'Friends' Celebrate Ted Kennedy's Death: "One Less Socialist," "Good Riddens"
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Article |
ArmyDem |
Aug 26, 2009 04:25pm |
General |
KENNEDY TO BE BURIED AT ARLINGTON
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
Aug 26, 2009 09:15am |
Press Release |
Romney, Who Faced Kennedy In '94, Mourns "Big-Hearted" Senator
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Article |
Monsieur |
Aug 26, 2009 12:40am |
Obituary |
Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77
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Article |
Jake |
Aug 20, 2009 06:00am |
News |
Cancer-stricken Sen. Kennedy asks Mass. leaders for speedy process to replace him in Congress
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Article |
Barack O-blame-a |
May 19, 2009 04:00pm |
News |
Ted Kennedy's brain cancer in remission
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Article |
Monsieur |
Jan 21, 2009 01:00pm |
News |
Kennedy Leaves Hospital
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Article |
Homegrown Democrat |
Jan 20, 2009 12:00pm |
News |
Ted Kennedy Collapsed [During Obama luncheon]
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Article |
COSDem |
Sep 26, 2008 05:30pm |
News |
Sen. Kennedy taken to hospital from Cape Cod home
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Article |
Ex-New Jerseyan |
Sep 26, 2008 05:00pm |
News |
Kennedy taken to hospital
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Article |
RP |
Aug 05, 2008 11:00am |
News |
Kennedy tapes video for Democratic convention
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Article |
TX DEM |
Jul 16, 2008 10:00am |
General |
Across the aisle, a ballad to Kennedy
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Article |
DFWDem |
Jul 09, 2008 04:00pm |
Event |
Ailing Kennedy Returns To Senate For Vote
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Article |
RP |
Jun 02, 2008 02:00pm |
News |
Kennedy brain surgery 'successful'
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Article |
Craverguy |
Jun 02, 2008 08:00am |
Announcement |
Kennedy to undergo brain surgery
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Article |
Monsieur |
May 22, 2008 09:00am |
News |
Thinking the unthinkable: Who follows Ted Kennedy?
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Article |
The Sunset Provision |
May 20, 2008 02:55pm |
News |
Reaction to news of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's brain tumor
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Article |
Homegrown Democrat |
May 20, 2008 12:00pm |
News |
Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumor, doctors say
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Article |
Barack O-blame-a |
May 17, 2008 11:00am |
News |
Sen Edward Kennedy Hospitalized
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Article |
Barack O-blame-a |
Jan 31, 2008 04:00pm |
Commentary |
Media Swallows Kennedys' Arrogant Presumption
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Article |
DFWDem |
Nov 27, 2007 10:00pm |
News |
US Senator Kennedy in eight-million-dollar memoir deal: reports
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Article |
The Sunset Provision |
May 30, 2007 08:00am |
News |
Ted Kennedy Gets a Little Republican Respect
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Article |
CBlock941 |
Sep 18, 2006 11:00am |
Obituary |
Pat Kennedy Lawford Dead At 82
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Article |
RP |
May 04, 2006 09:00am |
Commentary |
Senator Ted Kennedy -- "Peace Criminal"?
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Article |
Rob Brodner |
Apr 14, 2006 11:00pm |
Profile |
America's Best Senators - Ted Kennedy: The Dogged Achiever
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Monsieur |
Mar 02, 2006 10:00am |
News |
Kennedy tries to halt windmills
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Article |
SC Moose |
Oct 17, 2005 12:00pm |
News |
[MA] Sen. Kennedy Helps Rescue Fishermen
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Article |
ArmyDem |
Apr 22, 2005 10:00am |
Advertisement |
Ted Kennedy's In-Law Spied On The Clintons
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Article |
Ben |
Feb 11, 2005 12:00am |
News |
Kennedy's `Swift' flight home costs taxpayers $2,490
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Article |
BILLYW |
Jan 12, 2005 12:00am |
General |
Ted Kennedy: 'We cannot become Republican clones'
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Article |
COSDem |
Aug 20, 2004 12:00am |
General |
Terror list snag nearly grounded Ted Kennedy
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Article |
COSDem |
Jun 18, 2004 12:00am |
Commentary |
Teddy's Bad Day
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Tony82 |
Aug 28, 2003 12:00am |
Commentary |
Spineless Senate GOP no match for Kennedy
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COSDem |
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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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