| LC control no. | n 79091168 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 |
| Variant(s) | Kennedy, Ted, 1932-2009 Kʻenedi, Edŭwŏdŭ, 1932-2009 Kennedi, Ėdvard, 1932-2009 Kennedy, Teddy, 1932-2009 |
| Birth date | 1932-02-22 |
| Death date | 2009-08-25 |
| Place of birth | Brookline, Mass. |
| Place of death | Hyannis Port, Mass. |
| Affiliation | Harvard University University of Virginia. School of Law United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians Lawyers |
| Found in | Son, C. M. Edŭwŏdŭ Kʻenedi wa Chimi Kʻatʻŏ, 1980: t.p. (Edŭwŏdŭ Kʻenedi) p. 4 of cover (Edward M. Kennedy) Gromyko, A.A. Bratʹi︠a︡ Kennedi, 1985: p. 343 (Ėdvard Kennedi) New York times WWW site, Aug. 26, 2009 (Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts; b. Edward Moore Kennedy, Feb. 22, 1932, Brookline; d. late Tuesday night [Aug. 25, 2009], Hyannis Port, aged 77; son of one of the most storied families in American politics; knew triumph and tragedy in near-equal measure and will be remembered as one of the most effective lawmakers in the history of the Senate) LC database, Aug. 26, 2009 (hdg.: Kennedy, Edward Moore, 1932- ; usage: Edward M. Kennedy [predominant form], Edward Kennedy ["Ted Kennedy" appears only in titles of works about him]) Wikipedia, Sept. 1, 2009 (Ted Kennedy; Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (Feb. 22, 1932-Aug. 25, 2009); United States Senator from Mass. and a member of the Democratic Party; Teddy) Meacham, J. Understanding Teddy Kennedy, 2009, via Newsweek website, viewed Sept. 1, 2009 (Edward Moore Kennedy; Ted Kennedy; Ted Kennedy) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Aug. 14, 2013 (Kennedy, Edward Moore (Ted), (brother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Robert Francis Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, uncle of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, and father of Patrick J. Kennedy), a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 22, 1932; graduated, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., in 1950; graduated, Harvard College 1956, the International Law School, The Hague, Holland, 1958, and the University of Virginia Law School 1959; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959; appointed assistant district attorney in Suffolk County 1961; elected in a special election on November 6, 1962, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the 1960 resignation of his brother, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, for the term ending January 3, 1965; reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and 2006, and served from November 7, 1962, until his death; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1980; Democratic whip 1969-1971; chair, Committee on the Judiciary (Ninety-sixth Congress), Committee on Labor and Human Resources (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses), Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses); awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12, 2009; died in Hyannis Port, Mass., on August 25, 2009; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. ) |
| Associated language | eng |
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