“A Life in Public Service”
April 13, 2007
Edward M. Kennedy, 2007
Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy (b. 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was elected in 1962 to finish the final two years of the Senate term of his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, who was elected president in 1960. Today, Senator Kennedy is the second most senior member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
Senator Kennedy is currently the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Senate. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the senior Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee, and on the Armed Services Committee, where he is the senior Democrat on the Seapower Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and the Congressional Friends of Ireland, and a trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
Ted Kennedy received a BS from Harvard University in 1956 and attended the International Law School, The Hague, in 1958. He received an LLB from the University of Virginia in 1959. Senator Kennedy is a staunch advocate in Washington for his constituents, and is one of the most influential and enduring icons of his party.
