Benjamin A. Smith II
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Benjamin Atwood Smith II was an American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from December 1960 until November 1962.
John F. Kennedy (Right) with Ben Smith III and Senator Benjamin A. Smith II (Left) visiting in the White House.
Ted Kennedy
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Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the sec
Benjamin A. Smith II
…in the interest of promoting party unity." Smith, a close friend of the Kennedy family, was described as being a "seat warmer" until Kennedy's brother Ted turned thirty, the minimum age to be eligible to serve in the Senate. Indeed, Smith served as Senator until November 6, 1962, when Kennedy won the…
Official portrait, 1990s
Ted Kennedy riding saddle-bronc at the Eastern Montana Fair rodeo in Miles City, Montana on August 27, 1960, while campaigning for his brother John.
First Senate campaign, 1962
Kennedy in 1966