John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is a United States Senator from Massachusetts, and a current contender for the Democratic presidential candidacy.

Table of contents

1 Life 2 Quote 3 External Link

Life

• Born in Denver, Colorado
• Raised as a Roman Catholic
• Graduated, St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H. 1962
• Inducted, Skull and Bones 1965
• Graduated, Yale University 1966
• Served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, 1966-1969
• Public spokesperson for Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) 1970
• Married to Julie Thorne 1970
• Campaigns against war & US atrocities; testifies to Senate for VVAW 1971
• Birth of daughter, Alexandra 1973
• Graduated, Boston College Law School 1976
• Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1976 and commenced practice in 1976
• Birth of daughter, Vanessa 1976
• District attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1977-1982
• Co-founder of Vietnam Veterans of America 1978
• Lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1982-1984
• Separated from wife 1982
• Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1984
• Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1987-1989)
• Divorced 1988
• Reelected Senator in 1990
• Married to Teresa Heinz, polyglot Mozambiquan philanthropist widow of senator John Heinz 1995
• Reelected Senator in 1996, despite candidacy of popular Republican ex-Governor William Weld
• First marriage annulled by Roman Catholic church in 1997
• Reelected Senator in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009
• Chair, Committee on Small Business (January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003).
• Candidate for 2004 US Presidential Election

(Partially adapted from Kerry entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress)

Quote

If we had done this with a sufficient number of troops, if we had done this in a globalized way, if we had brought more people to the table, we might have caught Saddam Hussein sooner. We might have had less loss of life. We would be in a stronger position today with respect to what we’re doing.

John Kerry on the Capture of Saddam Hussein

External Link

• John Kerry for President website