Background
Kennedy, Ted was born on February 22, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Patrick and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy.
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Kennedy, Ted was born on February 22, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Patrick and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy.
Bachelor of Arts in Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956. Postgraduate, International Law School, The Hague, Netherlands, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1959.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 2008.
Assistant district attorney, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1961-1962. United States Senator from Massachusetts, 1962—2009. Majority whip, 1969—1971.
Chairman United States Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979—1981, United States Senate Labor & Human Resources Committee, 1987—1995, United States Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, 2001, 2001—2003, 2007—2009. Member United States Senate Armed Services Committee, Joint Economic Committee, Democratic Steering & Outreach Committee, National Security Working Group. Honorary chairman Democratic National Convention, 2004.
Served in United States Army, 1951-1953.
President, Joseph P. Kennedy Junior Foundation. Board trustees John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Board directors Children's Hospital Medical Center, John F. Kennedy Library, Museum of Science, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Science.
Married Joan Bennett Kennedy, November 30, 1958 (divorced December 6, 1982). Children: Kara Anne, Edward Moore Junior, Patrick Joseph. Married Victoria Anne Reggie, July 3, 1992.
2 stepchildren: Curran, Caroline.