Ted Kennedy

:This article is about the U.S. senator, for information about the ice hockey player see Ted Kennedy (hockey player).

Family and youth

Kennedy is the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He attended the Fessenden School, and later Milton Academy and entered Harvard College in 1950. He was suspended from Harvard in May 1951 after he arranged for another student to take a final examination in a Spanish class in his place. He then entered the U.S. Army for two years; he was assigned to the SHAPE headquarters in Paris. Kennedy eventually re-entered Harvard, graduating in June 1956. In the 1955 Harvard Yale football game, won by Yale 21 to 7, Kennedy caught Harvard's only touchdown pass. In 1958, he attended the Hague Academy of International Law. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959. While he was in law school, he managed his brother John's 1958 Senate re-election campaign.

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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy - Fessenden School - Milton Academy - Harvard College - 1950 - 1951 - U.S. Army - SHAPE - Paris - 1956 - 1955 - Harvard Yale football game - Yale - 1958 - Hague Academy of International Law - University of Virginia - 1959 - John - 1958

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His home is in Hyannis Port, Mass., where he lives with his wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy, a Washington lawyer and daughter of a Louisiana judge, and her children, Curran and Caroline. He has three grown children from his first marriage with Virginia Joan Bennett: Kara, Edward Jr., and Patrick, and four grandchildren. After his brothers John and Robert were assassinated (in 1963 and 1968, respectively), he took on the role of surrogate father for his brothers' 13 children.http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/24/kennedy.plane.01/

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Hyannis Port, Mass. - Victoria Reggie Kennedy - Louisiana - Curran - Caroline - Virginia Joan Bennett - Kara - Edward Jr. - Patrick

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In 1962, Kennedy was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts special election to fill the seat left vacant by his oldest brother, John, upon the latter's election as President of the United States. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was reelected in 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, and 2000.

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1962 - Special election - President of the United States - 1964 - 1970 - 1976 - 1982 - 1988 - 1994 - 2000

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As of 2005, Kennedy is the third-longest serving senator in U.S. history, behind only Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd. According to NPR, Kennedy plans to run for an eighth full term (and ninth overall term) in 2006. If he wins and serves out his full six-year term, he will have served in the U.S. Senate for fifty years.

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As of 2005 - Strom Thurmond - Robert Byrd - NPR - 2006

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