QUESTIONS:
1. Robert Dallek’s new book JFK: An Unfinished Life has been in the news lately. What well-known Massachusetts Democrat did Kennedy succeed in the House in 1946?
2. What Republican did Kennedy defeat to win his Senate seat in 1952?
3. Kennedy nominated the first two blacks to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Can you name them?
4. Who holds JFK’s former Senate seat today?
5. Who holds his former House seat today?
ANSWERS:
1. Rep. James Michael Curley, who resigned his seat to become mayor of Boston.
2. Incumbent Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge.
3. William Hastie and Thurgood Marshall.
4. His brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
5. Rep. Michael Capuano (D.-Mass.)
