Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (b. February 22, 1932) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. In office since November 1962, Kennedy is the second most senior member of the Senate.
Sen. Ted Kennedy came from a family whose siblings "loved each other with a vengeance," dictated notes for a future memoir after his first Communion, and faced the illness that killed him with his distinctive mix of optimism and pragmatism. So says Victoria Reggie Kennedy, his widow, in her first ... Read Full Story
Senator Edward Kennedy's casket arrives at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help during his funeral August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer on August 25. (Getty Images) more pics » Service for Senator Ted Kennedy. Ted Kennedy Jr. spoke about his father and family at the celebration of life service for Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy served in the Senate for over... Read Full Story
Highlights in the life of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy: _ Feb. 22, 1932: Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is born in Boston, the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy. _ May 1951: Is caught cheating on an exam and leaves Harvard College. Enlists in the Army and serves for the next 16 months. Later re-enrolls at Harvard. _ June 1954: Graduates from Harvard and enrolls at the University of Virginia Law School. Graduates from law school in 1959. _ Nov. 29, 1958: Marries Virginia Joan... Read Full Story
Senator Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday, aged 77, was the liberal lion of US politics, a towering, controversial figure whose death ends an era when his family appeared born to rule. Kennedy in many ways epitomized the wealthy, Ivy League-educated elite of the United States, a status detractors said enabled him to dodge fallout from scandals in his personal life. Yet he also suffered extraordinary tragedy, with the assassinations of president John F. Kennedy in November 1963 and his other... Read Full Story
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (C) receives a standing ovation from President Barack Obama (L), his son Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT (R) and others as he arrives at the closing session of the White House's forum on health care reform in the East Room of the White House on March 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) more pics » CHILMARK, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was heartbroken by the death of Senator... Read Full Story
In a posthumous memoir, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy writes of fear and remorse surrounding the fateful events on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969, when his car accident left a woman dead. "True Compass" is to be published Sept. 14 by Twelve, a division of the Hachette book group. The 532-page book was obtained early by The New York Times. In it, Kennedy says his actions on July 18, 1969, were "inexcusable." He says he was afraid and "made terrible decisions" and had to live with the... Read Full Story
Ted Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he's thought about following in his late father's footsteps and running for political office, but has no immediate plans to do so. Kennedy, who lives in Branford, appeared at the Connecticut AFL-CIO convention in New Haven to speak about Sen. Edward Kennedy's commitment to the labor movement. A resolution was passed calling Kennedy "labor's champion." Sen. Kennedy died Aug. 25 of brain cancer. "I would be lying to you if I said I never thought of running for... Read Full Story
With Americans mourning the end of a dynasty that dominated US politics for a generation, Edward Kennedy's family prepared Thursday to accompany his body on its final journey. All government buildings lowered the Stars and Stripes to half-mast, as did private homes in the Massachusetts seaside resort of Hyannis Port, where the veteran senator died late Tuesday at his family compound aged 77. President Barack Obama led tributes from across the US political spectrum and around the world... Read Full Story
US senator Edward Kennedy expressed regret over his "inexcusable" behavior in the 1969 car crash that killed a campaign worker in a memoir to be published posthumously, the New York Times reported Thursday. The crash, in which Mary Jo Kopechne died when Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick island, Massachusetts, and the subsequent scandal, effectively destroyed Kennedy's presidential hopes. He lost the Democratic nomination to incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980. In "True Compass," a... Read Full Story
In a posthumous memoir, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy writes of fear and remorse surrounding the fateful events on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969, when his car accident left a woman dead, and says he accepted the finding that a lone gunman assassinated his brother President John F. Kennedy. The memoir, "True Compass," is to be published Sept. 14 by Twelve, a division of the Hachette book group. The 532-page book was obtained early by The New York Times. In it, Kennedy says his actions... Read Full Story
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