"Edward Kennedy" redirects here. For other people, see Ted Kennedy (disambiguation) and Edward Kennedy (disambiguation).
Ted Kennedy
Official portrait, 1990s
In office November 7, 1962 – August 25, 2009
Preceded by
Benjamin A. Smith II
Succeeded by
Paul G. Kirk
In office January 3, 2007 – August 25, 2009 On leave: June 9 – August 25, 2009*
Preceded by
Mike Enzi
Succeeded by
Chris Dodd (acting)
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by
Jim Jeffords
Succeeded by
Judd Gregg
In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Preceded by
Jim Jeffords
Succeeded by
Jim Jeffords
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by
Orrin Hatch
Succeeded by
Nancy Kassebaum
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by
James Eastland
Succeeded by
Strom Thurmond
In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Leader
Mike Mansfield
Preceded by
Russell B. Long
Succeeded by
Robert Byrd
Born
Edward Moore Kennedy
(1932-02-22)February 22, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
August 25, 2009(2009-08-25) (aged 77) Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Ted Kennedy: A Life
By Bathroom A. Farrell Penguin Press: 752 pages, $40
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Ted Kennedy: A Life
From the publisher:
An enthralling and ground-breaking new biography of one of modern America’s most fascinating and consequential political figures, drawing on important new sources, by an award-winning biographer who covered Kennedy closely for many years.
John A. Farrell’s magnificent biography of Edward M. Kennedy is the first single-volume life of the great figure since his death. Farrell’s long acquaintance with the Kennedy universe and the acclaim accorded his previous books—including his New York Times bestselling biography of Richard Nixon, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—helped garner him access to a remarkable range of new sources, including segments of Kennedy’s personal diary and his private confessions to members of his family in the days that followed the accident on Chappaquiddick. Farrell is, without question, one of America’s greatest political biographers and a storyteller of deep wisdom and empathy. His book does full justice to this famously epic and turbulent life of almost unimaginable tragedy and triumph.
As the fourth son of the close-knit but fiercely competitive Kennedy clan, Ted was the runt of the litter. Expelled from Harvard University for cheating, he was a fun-loving playboy who nevertheless served his brothers loyal