Edward M. Kennedy Jr.
| Ted Kennedy Jr. | |
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| Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th district |
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Assumed office January 7, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Meyer |
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| Born |
Edward Moore Kennedy Jr. September 26, 1961 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kiki Gershman (m. 1993) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
Edward M. Kennedy Joan Bennett Kennedy |
| Relatives | See Kennedy family |
| Residence | Branford, Connecticut |
| Alma mater |
Wesleyan University (B.A.) Yale University (M.A.) University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.) |
Edward Moore Kennedy Jr. (born September 26, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, a firm headquartered in New York City, New York, and currently represents Connecticut's 12th Senate district in the Connecticut Senate. He is a son of Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy from Massachusetts and nephew of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Ted was born to Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy Sr. and Joan Bennett Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts during the Presidency of his uncle John Kennedy. He is the brother of Kara (1960-2011) and Patrick J. Kennedy (born 1967).
In 1973, when Kennedy was twelve, osteosarcoma (a form of bone cancer) was diagnosed in his right leg. The leg was surgically amputated on November 17, 1973. On that same day his father had escorted his cousin Kathleen down the aisle at her wedding and rushed back to the hospital. A made-for-TV movie, The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (1986), concentrated on this event in young Kennedy's life.
In 1982, his mother Joan revealed that Kennedy missed by just ten minutes being aboard Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed into the Potomac River on January 13 of that year, killing 74 people. Kennedy was delayed on the drive to the airport and missed the flight.
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