Patrick J. Kennedy
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| Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Leader | Dick Gephardt |
| Preceded by | Martin Frost |
| Succeeded by | Nita Lowey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ronald Machtley |
| Succeeded by | David Cicilline |
| Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from the 9th district |
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In office January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | John F. Skeffington, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Anastasia P. Williams |
| Personal details | |
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Patrick Joseph Kennedy II July 14, 1967 Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Savell (m. 2011) |
| Relations | See Kennedy family |
| Children | 3 |
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Ted Kennedy Joan Bennett Kennedy |
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Brigantine, New Jersey, United States |
| Alma mater | Providence College (B.S.) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Website |
Patrick Kennedy Homepage partrickkennedy.house.gov (Kennedy's section at the U.S. House of Representatives official website) kennedyforri.com, ("Patrick J. Kennedy for U.S. Congress" campaign's official website) |
Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born July 14, 1967) is an American politician and mental health advocate. From 1995 to 2011 he served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district.
A member of the Kennedy family, he is the younger son of the long-time Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and is a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy. At the time of his father's 2009 death, he was the last remaining member of the Kennedy family to serve in an elective office in Washington. After he chose not to seek re-election in 2010 and left office the following year, it was the first time that there were no members of the Kennedy family holding office in the United States Congress or as President since 1947. This persisted until 2013, when Joseph P. Kennedy III, grandson of Robert F. Kennedy was sworn-in for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district.
Patrick Kennedy was born in Brighton, Massachusetts. He is the youngest of three children born to Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009) and musician/socialite/former model Virginia Joan Bennett (born 1936). His sister Kara (1960–2011) was a television and film producer while his brother Ted Jr. (born 1961) is a lawyer and member of the Connecticut State Senate. Patrick was named after his patrilineal great-grandfather, businessman and politician Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy (1858–1929). Kennedy graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1986, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1991.
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