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Summary
| 1925 |
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Born November 20, Brookline, Massachusetts |
| 1939 - 1942 |
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Attended Portsmouth Priory |
| 1942 - 1944 |
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Attended Milton Academy |
| 1944 |
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Enrolled Harvard University ; participated in Navy officer training program |
| 1946 |
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Seaman aboard USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. |
| 1948 |
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A.B., Harvard University |
| 1948 |
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Visited Cairo, Israel, and Lebanon to cover Arab-Israeli conflict for the Boston Post |
| 1948 - 1951 |
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LL.B., University of Virginia |
| 1950 |
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Married Ethel Skakel |
| 1951 |
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Daughter Kathleen Hartington born |
| 1951 |
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Trip to Asia with JFK and sister Patricia |
| 1951 - 1952 |
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Attorney, Criminal Division, Department of Justice |
| 1952 |
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Son Joseph Patrick Kennedy II born |
| 1952 |
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Managed JFK's senate campaign |
| 1952 - 1953 |
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Assistant Counsel, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (McCarthy Committee) |
| 1953 - 1954 |
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Assistant Counsel, Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch (Second Hoover Commission) |
| 1954 |
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Son Robert Francis Jr., born |
| 1954 - 1957 |
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Chief Counsel to the Minority, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations |
| 1955 |
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Son David Anthony born |
| 1955 |
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Traveled to Soviet central Asia with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas |
| 1956 |
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Daughter Mary Courtney born |
| 1957 - 1959 |
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Chief Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor of Management Fields (McClellan Committee) |
| 1958 |
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Son Michael LeMoyne born |
| 1959 |
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Daughter Mary Kerry born |
| 1959 - 1960 |
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Managed JFK's presidential election campaign |
| 1960 |
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The Enemy Within published |
| 1960 |
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Appointed Attorney General of the United States |
| 1961 |
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Ordered U.S. marshals into Montgomery, Alabama, following attacks on Freedom Riders |
| 1962 |
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Goodwill tour around the world |
| 1962 |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
| 1963 |
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Son Christopher George born |
| 1963 |
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JFK assissinated in Dallas, November 22 |
| 1964 |
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Announced candidacy for U.S. Senator from New York |
| 1964 |
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Resigned as Attorney General |
| 1965 |
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Sworn in as U.S. Senator from New York |
| 1965 |
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Son Matthew Maxwell Taylor born |
| 1967 |
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To Seek a Newer World published |
| 1967 |
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Son Douglas Harriman born |
| 1968 |
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Announced candidacy for President of the United States |
| 1968 |
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Shot in the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, June 5 ... Died June 6 |
| 1968 |
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Daughter Rory Elizabeth Katherine born |
| 1969 |
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Thirteen Days published |
