The Kennedy family’s politicians

A number of members of the famous family have gone on to a career in politics.

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Feb. 16, 2012

Joseph Kennedy III greets onlookers at the Newton Center Green Line MBTA station in Newton, Mass. Kennedy launched his campaign for the Massachusetts congressional seat now held by retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D). Kennedy is the son of former Massachusetts Rep. Joseph Kennedy II and a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator from New York.

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Aug. 28, 2009

Joseph Kennedy II, nephew of the late Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy, served as a Massachusetts congressman from 1987 to 1999.

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Aug. 26, 2011

Patrick J. Kennedy, son of Ted Kennedy, served as a member of Congress in Rhode Island from 1995 until 2011.

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Dec. 5, 2011

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, was the lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 until 2003.

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May 8, 2008

Edward “Ted” Kennedy, brother of former president John F. Kennedy and former senator Robert F. Kennedy, served as a Massachusetts senator from 1962 to 2009.

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Jan. 16, 2012

Maria Shriver was the first lady of California from 2003 to 2011, while she was married to her ex-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger. She is the daughter of Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. and Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

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Robert F. Kennedy served as a New York senator from 1965 to 1968. Before that, he was the U.S. Attorney General under his brother, former president John F. Kennedy, and former president Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1964.

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John F. Kennedy served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Before that, he was a Massachusetts senator from 1953 to 1960, and a member of Congress from Massachusetts from 1947 to 1953.

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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. — whose wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, was the sister of John, Robert and Ted Kennedy — was the first director of the Peace Corps and was a Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1972.

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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was the 44th U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1940.

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