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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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MA US President - D Primary - Feb 05, 2008 |
D |
Barack Obama |
US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 |
D |
Barack Obama |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 |
NPA |
Reject |
MA US President - D Primary - Mar 02, 2004 |
D |
John F. Kerry |
US President - D Primaries - Jun 09, 2004 |
D |
John F. Kerry |
CA Governor Recall - Question 1 - Oct 07, 2003 |
NO |
No |
MA US President - D Primary - Mar 07, 2000 |
D |
Al Gore |
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 2000 |
D |
Al Gore |
Methuen Mayor - Nov 02, 1999 |
D |
Sharon M. Pollard |
Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 |
I |
Sonia Sotomayor |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 |
D |
Stephen G. Breyer |
U.S. Surgeon General - Sep 07, 1993 |
D |
M. Joycelyn Elders |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 03, 1993 |
D |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 1992 |
D |
Paul Tsongas |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 |
NPA |
Reject |
NYC Mayor - D Primary - Sep 12, 1989 |
D |
David Dinkins |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 |
R |
Anthony M. Kennedy |
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 1988 |
D |
Michael S. Dukakis |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
Antonin Scalia |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jul 28, 1983 |
NPA |
Reject |
Chicago Mayor - D Primary - Feb 22, 1983 |
D |
Jane Byrne |
US Secretary of Energy - Nov 04, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Chile - Mar 02, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
U.S. Surgeon General - Nov 16, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Romania - Oct 02, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
US Secretary of Energy - Jan 22, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jan 22, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
GA District 5 - Special Primary - Mar 15, 1977 |
D |
John R. Lewis |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
CIA Director - Sep 04, 1973 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
R |
Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
R |
Warren E. Burger |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
D |
Thurgood Marshall |
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