| LC control no. | n 80035888 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 |
| Variant(s) | Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1925-1968 Kennedi, Robert, 1925-1968 Kennedy, Bobby, 1925-1968 RFK, 1925-1968 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1925-11-20 |
| Death date | 1968-06-06 |
| Place of birth | Brookline (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard University University of Virginia. School of Law United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Attorneys general Politicians |
| Found in | The enemy within, 1960: title page (Robert F. Kennedy) Robert Francis Kennedy, c1983: CIP t.p. (Robert Francis Kennedy) Bratʹi︠a︡ Kennedi, 1985: p. 281 (Robert Kennedi) Bobby Kennedy, 1986. RFK, 2003: container (Robert F. Kennedy) Wikipedia, July 7, 2011 (Robert F. Kennedy; Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy; b. November 20, 1925 in Brookline, Mass.; d. June 6, 1968 in Los Angeles; also referred to by his initials RFK; an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and acted as one of his advisors during his presidency. From 1961 to 1964, he was the U.S. Attorney General) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Aug. 14, 2013 (Kennedy, Robert Francis, (brother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Edward Moore Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, uncle of Patrick J. Kennedy, and father of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II), a Senator from New York; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 20, 1925; graduated from Milton (Mass.) Academy; served in the United States Navy Reserve 1944-1946; graduated from Harvard University in 1948 and from the University of Virginia Law School in 1951; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1951; attorney, Criminal Division, Department of Justice 1951-1952; campaign manager for John F. Kennedy's election to the United States Senate in 1952; assistant counsel, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 1953; assistant counsel, Hoover Commission 1953; chief counsel to the minority, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 1954, and chief counsel and staff director 1955; chief counsel of Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field 1957-1960; campaign manager for John F. Kennedy's election to the Presidency in 1960; Attorney General of the United States from January 1961, until his resignation September 3, 1964, to be a candidate for the United States Senate; elected as a Democrat from New York to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1965, until his death; died from the effects of an assassin's bullet at Los Angeles, Calif., June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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