- Born
- November 20, 1925
- Died
- June 6, 1968 (aged 42)
- Place of birth
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Francis Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, RFK
Biography
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. He served as a United States senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was previously the 64th U.S. attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, serving under his older brother President John F. Kennedy and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy was a member of the Democratic Party and is seen as an icon of modern American liberalism.