EDWARD MOORE "TED" KENNEDY BORN IN DORCHESTER
Dorchester, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On February 22, 1932, the brother of future President John F. Kennedy, Edward Moore "Teddy" Kennedy was born at St. Margaret's Hospital here in Dorchester.
Rose Kennedy traveled from New York to Boston in order that her baby could be delivered by Frederick L. Good, the family obstetrician. Teddy was the fourth son and ninth child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
Ted was named after Joe's personal aide and close friend, Edward Moore.
Mr. Moore had been assistants to three mayors of Boston including John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, Ted's grandfather.
Senator Kennedy wrote...
"At the time of my birth...the family spent summers and early autumns in Hyannis Port, and then headed to Bronxville, New York for winters. We lived there in winter for six years after I was born.
From my vantage point as the youngest...my family did not so much live in the world as comprise (it). We depended on one another. We loved one another. We were mutually loyal...with an intensity that owed more to joy than an urge to dominate."
Ted was elected to the Senate in 1962 when his brothers were President and Attorney General of the United States. With the deaths of both, he continued to serve, spending almost forty-seven years in the Senate where he proposed more than 300 bills that were enacted into law.*
Senator Edward Moore Kennedy died at the age of 77 on August 25, 2009. His remains are interred in the Kennedy plot at Arlington National Cemetery.
*According to RFK advisor William Vanden Heuvel, Hubert Humphrey told Teddy that he would nominate him for VP in 1968 & if elected would serve 1 term & then turn it over to Teddy. WVH says that Teddy "absolutely said no, the pain & grief was all too fresh." (Source: Netflix documentary)
SOURCES
"Bobby Kennedy For President: Justice For Bobby," NETFLIX.
"The Kennedys: A Chronological History, 1823-Present," by Harvey Rachlin, World Almanac, New York, 1986.
"True Compass: A Memoir," by Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, Hatchette Book Group, New York, 2009.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts (D)
Official U.S. Senate Portrait
