- born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts
- seventh of nine children
- Robert and Ethel Kennedy later had eleven children.
- In 1952, he made his political debut as manager of his older brother John's successful campaign for the US Senate from Massachusetts.
- he served briefly on the staff of the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Disturbed by McCarthy's controversial tactics, Kennedy resigned from the staff after six months. He later returned to the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations as chief counsel for the Democratic minority, in which capacity he wrote a report condemning McCarthy's investigation of alleged Communists in the Army.
- In 1960, he was the tireless and effective manager of John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign.
- was not only President Kennedy's Attorney General, he was also his closest advisor and confidant.
- resigned as Attorney General and, in 1964, ran successfully for the United States Senate from New York
- He sought to remedy the problems of poverty through legislation to encourage private industry to locate in poverty-stricken areas, thus creating jobs for the unemployed, and stressed the importance of work over welfare.
- He traveled to Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Africa to share his belief that all people have a basic human right to participate in the political decisions that affect their lives
- went to Harvard, where he managed to letter in varsity football despite his small stature and a severely broken leg
- March 16, 1968, Robert Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. he challenged the complacent in American society and sought to bridge the great divides in American life - between the races, between the poor and the affluent, between young and old, between order and dissent. His 1968 campaign brought hope to an American people troubled by discontent and violence at home and war in Vietnam. He won critical primaries in Indiana and Nebraska and spoke to enthusiastic crowds across the nation.
- was fatally shot on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California shortly after claiming victory in that state's crucial Democratic primary. He was 42 years old.
- Died 1:44 am, Pacific Time on June 6 at Good Samaritan Hospital in L.A. Body was flown back to NY for requiem high mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, then by train to Washington for burial at Arlington National Cemetery
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