Edward Moore Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. Kennedy played a major role in passing many laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the COBRA health insurance provision, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the S-CHIP children’s health program, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
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Edward Moore Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U. S. Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history. Kennedy played a major role in passing many laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the COBRA health insurance provision, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the S-CHIP children’s health program, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. He died on August 25, 2009, of a malignant brain tumor at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and was buried near his brothers John and Robert at Arlington National Cemetery. The Chappaquiddick incident in 1969 resulted in the death of his automobile passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, as well as physical injuries and mental anguish to Kennedy. The incident and its aftermath hindered his chances of ever becoming president. His only attempt, in the 1980 election, resulted in a Democratic primary campaign loss to the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter. By the later years of his life, Kennedy had come to be viewed as a major figure and spokesman for American progressivism.
His 1968 eulogy for his brother Robert and his 1980 rallying cry for modern American liberalism were among his best-known speeches. He and his staff wrote more than 300 bills that were enacted into law. He had attended ten schools by the age of eleven; this was a series of disruptions with his academic success. As a child, Ted was frequently uprooted by his family’s moves among Bronxville, New York; Hyannisport, Massachusetts; Palm Beach, Florida; and the Court of St. James’s, in London, England. He received his First Communion from Pope Pius XII in the Vatican when he was seven. He spent his sixth and seventh grades at the Fenden School in Massachusetts, where he was a mediocre student. Between the ages of eight and sixteen, Ted suffered the traumas of the failed lobotomy of his maternal grandfather, John F F. Fitzgerald, and an airplane crash in World War II. His parents were affectionate towards him, but they also compared him unfavorably with his older brothers, who were also compared to him. John asked to be the newborn’s godfather, a request his parents honored, though they did not agree to his request to name the baby George Washington Kennedy and instead named him after their father’s assistant. His eight siblings were Joseph Jr., John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, and Jean.
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