KERRY, John Forbes, (1943 - )

Senate Years of Service: 1985-
Party: Democrat

KERRY, John Forbes, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Fitzsimons Army Hospital (Colorado), December 11, 1943; graduated, St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H., 1962; graduated, Yale University 1966; served in the United States Navy 1966-1970, with service in Vietnam; graduated, Boston College Law School 1976; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1976 and commenced practice in 1976; assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, Mass. 1977-1982; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1982-1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (One Hundredth Congress), Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Eleventh Congress); Democratic candidate for U.S. president, 2004.


Bibliography

Kerry, John. A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America. New York: Penguin Books, 2003; Kerry, John, and Teresa Heinz Kerry. This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future. New York: Public Affairs, 2007.