Harry Kennedy (politician) explained

Harry Kennedy
State Senate:Missouri
District:3rd
Term Start:2003
Term End:2005
Preceded:John E. Scott
Succeeded:Kevin Engler
State Senate1:Missouri
State1:Missouri
District1:1st
Term Start1:2005
Term End1:2008
Preceded1:Anita Yeckel
Succeeded1:Jim Lembke
Birth Date:21 February 1952
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri
Party:Democratic

Harry Kennedy (born February 21, 1952) is an American Democratic politician, who has been a member of the Missouri Senate and Missouri House of Representatives. He is currently a staffer for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and a Democratic Committeeman for St. Louis' 14th Ward.[1]

He graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communication. He is a member of the Catholic parish of St. Mary Margdalene in St. Louis.

Kennedy was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1997 through 2001. He won election to the Missouri Senate from the third district in a special election in 2001. He was re-elected from the first district in 2004, changing districts due to re-districting. Kennedy would have been forced out of the Senate in 2009 due to term limits, but resigned in October 2008 to take his current position with Lewis Reed's office.[2] [3] During his Senate tenure, he was a member of the following Committees:

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  1. http://www.senate.mo.gov/06info/members/bios/bio01.htm Kennedy's biography on the Senate website
  2. News: Mo. Sen. Kennedy resigns for St. Louis job. October 23, 2008. AP. 2008-11-08.
  3. News: Kennedy takes job as aide to Reed. October 24, 2008. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2008-11-08.