KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph, (son of Edward Moore Kennedy, nephew of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and
Robert Francis Kennedy, cousin of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, and great-grandson
of John Francis Fitzgerald),
a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Brighton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 14, 1967; graduated Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; B.S.,
Providence College, Providence, R.I., 1991; delegate to the Democratic National
Convention of 1988; member of the Rhode Island state house of representatives,
1988-1994; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the seven
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2011); was not a candidate
for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.