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Sen. Ted Kennedy

Massachusetts Senior U.S. Senator

Senator Edward M. Kennedy represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate since 1962, when he was elected to complete the final two years of his brother John F. Kennedy's Senate term. He was re-elected to the Senate for seven full terms. He battled to pass legislation making quality health care accessible to all Americans and also worked on education and immigration reform laws, minimum wage issues, and legislation concerning civil rights and help for Americans with disabilities. He was the youngest of the nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and is the father of Kara, Edward Jr., and Patrick Kennedy.

Condolences

"Sitting in front of my computer, I heard a loud plane fly over my house and I said 'God speed, Teddy, and God bless you.' I know how much his family loved him and would like to thank them for sharing him with the world. There will never be another one like him."
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History

Sen. Edward Kennedy and those who knew him through politics or in their personal dealings with him reflect on his legacy. More


While much of Sen. Kennedy's life and work played out on the public stage, privately and without publicity, he helped many others. More


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Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Stan Forman shares these remarkable photos of the Kennedys and his own memories.

Kennedy's early career captured in video over the decades. More


President Barack Obama is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, tennis legend Billie Jean King and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. More

Legislation

In a career that spanned decades on Capitol Hill, Kennedy had a list of varied accomplishments. More