Mattress Answer Man Speaks » Ted Kennedy http://mattressanswerman.com and then listens to You Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:27:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ted Kennedy -in Remeberance 1932-2009 http://mattressanswerman.com/2009/08/ted-kennedy-in-remeberance-1932-2009/ http://mattressanswerman.com/2009/08/ted-kennedy-in-remeberance-1932-2009/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:33:49 +0000 admin http://mattressanswerman.com/?p=124 On February 22 1932 Edward Moore Kennedy was born. His family was to become one of the most influential in America.  His father created the wealth. Rose his mother held the family together from 1969 till her death in 1995. Ted was the youngest of nine children three brothers and five sisters. Joseph died in world war two, John .the 35th president of the United States, died when assassinated in 1964, Rosemary who was institutionalized in 1941 after a lobotomy, Kathleen who died in a plane crash in 1948, Eunice died this year 2009, Patricia ,Robert murdered while campaigning for President in 1968 and  Jean former ambassador to  Ireland. Teddy was married twice . First to Virginia Joan Bennet and they had three children, Kara Anne, Edward Jr. and Patrick who became a representative from Rhode Island. In 1984 he and his wife “Joan” divorce and in 1992 he married Victoria Reggie.

The important dates in Ted Kennedy’s life were as follows:

May 1951  leaves Harvard after being caught cheating on a test.

June 1954     after serving in the army and graduating from Harvard he enrolls at the University of Virginia Law School.

November 1958      Teddy Marries Joan

November 1962      after being District Attorney for Suffolk County Mass. he runs for and wins the remainder of his brother John’s Senate term.

June 1964      He breaks his back in a plane crash

July 1969    Drive his car off the  Chappaquiddick Bridge. Mary Jo Kopechne his passenger dies and he is convicted of leaving the scene of an accident given a two month suspended sentence and one year probation.

Nov 1970     he is reelected to the Senate but looses his Majority Whip position.

August 1980   After winning only nine primary’s if his run for President he withdraws his candidacy. December 1982  Divorces his wife Joan.

July 1992   He marries Victoria Reggie.

August 2009 He dies from a Brain Tumor.

During his term as Senator his  largest accomplishments were a Major health bill and No Child left Behind.

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