by Mary Cardamon

Created on: January 20, 2009   Last Updated: January 22, 2009

Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the third son and seventh child born to Jospesh Patrick and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.

As a child, Bobby attended The Milton Academy Boarding school. It was their that Robert Kennedy meet his future brother in-law George Skakel.

Bobby's future wife Ethel Skakel was born on April 11, 1928, at Chicago's Lying-In Hospital. She was the sixth of seven children born to George and Ann Skakel.

Ethel also came from a wealthy Catholic family. Her father George Skakel, was the owner of The Great Lakes Coal And Coke Cooperation.

Ethel attended Manhattanville College in New York, City. As a student there she met Jean Kennedy, Robert Kennedy's younger sister. It was early in their friendship while on a weekend ski trip, that Jean introduced Ethel to Bobby, certain that they would hit it off together.

Robert Kennedy attended the University Of Virgina Law School. Robert and Ethel wed on June 17, 1950. They went on to have eleven children together.

Their youngest child Rory was born six month's after her father was assassinated in 1968. Robert's older brother John, was elected the 35th President of The United States in 1960.

One of the first things that Jack did after he was elected President was that he appointed his younger brother Bobby, Attorney General of The United States. It was a position that he would hold until he resigned in 1964.

As Attorney General Robert Kennedy went after powerful men like, Jimmy Hoffa The Teamsters Union Boss. And known gangster Sam Giancana. At thirty-five years old, Robert Kennedy was making powerful enemies.

It was Bobby who stood by Jack in times of Crisis. The Bay Of Pigs, and The Cuban Missile Crisis. Then, tragedy struck in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Robert then became the matriarch of the Kennedy family, becoming a step dad to Caroline and John Jr. After the death of President Kennedy, Bobby slipped into a severe and deep depression. He ran for Senator from New York in 1965. He won the election.

Then on March 16, 1968 Bobby announced that he was running for President of The United States. "I run not to oppose any man, but to propose new polices." Bobby stated his announcement.

Two week's later, on March 31, President Lyndon Baines Johnson went on Television and announced to The American people, "I shall not seek, nor will I except, the nomination of my party for anther term,

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