Robert Francis Kennedy

1925 - 1968  (42 years)    Has 43 ancestors and 43 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Robert Francis Kennedy
  Birth	20 Nov 1925	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1968	Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
  Burial	8 Jun 1968	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  1. Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.,   b. Jul 1915, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Aug 1944, Suffolk, England  (Age 29 years) ▻ Katharine Mortimer + 2. 35th President John Fitzgerald Kennedy,   b. 29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Nov 1963, Dallas County, Texas, USA  (Age 46 years)   3. Living   4. Kathleen Kennedy,   b. 20 Feb 1920, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 May 1948, France  (Age 28 years) ▻ Marquess William John Robert Cavendish,  m. 6 May 1944 + 5. Living + 6. Living ▻ Peter Sidney Ernest Lawford,  m. 24 Apr 1954 ;   Bernard Gavin Welby + 7. Robert Francis Kennedy,   b. 20 Nov 1925, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Jun 1968, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA  (Age 42 years) + 8. Living ▻ Stephen Edward Smith,  m. 19 May 1956 + 9. Edward Moore Kennedy,   b. 22 Feb 1932, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Aug 2009, Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Person ID	I52329	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Joseph Patrick Kennedy,   b. 6 Sep 1888, East Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Nov 1969, Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Rose Elizabeth FitzGerald,   b. 22 Jul 1890, North End, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Jan 1995, Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 104 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1914	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F21296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living   4. David Anthony Kennedy,   b. 15 Jun 1955   d. 25 Apr 1984 (Age 28 years) + 5. Living + 6. Michael LeMoyne Kennedy,   b. 27 Feb 1958   d. 31 Dec 1997, Aspen, Colorado, USA (Age 39 years) + 7. Living + 8. Living + 9. Living + 10. Living + 11. Living
  Family ID	F21301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  		Birth - 20 Nov 1925 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 6 Jun 1968 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA Burial - 8 Jun 1968 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  He attended Harvard University and after World war II in 1948 he graduated. During the war he joined the United States Navy. From Harvard University he started at the law school at University of Virginia, from which he graduated in 1951. Later that year he became an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1952 he left the Justice Department to manage his brother, John F. Kennedy, successful senatorial campaign. As young attorney and chief counsel (1955-57) of the Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee, Robert Kennedy gained national recognition in the investigation of teamster Union executives David Beck and Jimmy Hoffa (and other organized crime figures). These investigations were the subject of his first book: "The Enemy Within" from 1960. Robert F. Kennedy managed John F. Kennedy's campaign for the Presidency in 1960. As the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy appointed Robert Kennedy to the post of U.S. Attorney General.( His skillful performance surprised some). In addition to serving as Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy was the President Kennedy's confidante and closest advisor. After President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, November 1963, Robert Kennedy resigned his cabinet post in 1964 to run for political office in New York. In 1968 Robert Kennedy campaigned against President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Democratic Presidential Primaries. The reason was that Robert disagreed with Johnson's policies. Robert Kennedy won four out of five primaries. He had just finished his California victory speech in Los Angeles when he was shot by the Jordanian nationalist Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Robert F. Kennedy died the following day. It is likely that hasn't he being killed, he could had been the 37th President of the United States. He was very dedicated to his children and every evening had prayers with them, each of them saying the Rosary.