tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post6725795099567559571..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Edward M. Kennedy, RIPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-29419433822773373302009-08-27T13:05:06.438-04:002009-08-27T13:05:06.438-04:00Just for the record, he was elected to his Senate ...Just for the record, he was elected to his Senate seat in 1962, not appointed. He replaced a temporary appointee, Ben Smith, who had been put in to finish the term of his brother, JFK.<br /><br />I learned from listening to a documentary last night that JFK and RFK both opposed Ted running for the seat, and it was their dad, Joseph P. Kennedy, who insisted on him doing it as it was "his turn," this being one of the last things old Joe decisively did before he had his debilitating stroke that ended his active involvement in public or family affairs.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.com