Cameron Kerry

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Cameron Forbes Kerry (born September 6, 1950) is the younger brother and political confidant of John F. Kerry.

The fourth child of U.S. diplomat Richard Kerry and Boston Brahmin Rosemary Winthrop Forbes, Cameron Kerry graduated from Harvard University in 1972, and Boston College Law School in 1978.^[1]

On September 18, 1972, the day before the primary election in which John Kerry was seeking his district's nomination in his race for the U.S. House of Representatives, Cameron Kerry and Thomas J. Vallely were caught in the basement of the building that housed both John Kerry's and opponent Anthony R. DiFruscia's campaign headquarters. Cameron was charged with breaking and entering. One month later, the charges were dropped after the Kerry campaign explained that Cameron was in the building to investigate rumors that his brother's campaign telephone lines were being wiretapped.^[2]

In 1983, Cameron Kerry converted to Judaism before marrying Kathy Weinman.^[3]

During his brother's presidential campaign, it emerged that their grandfather, Fritz Kohn, was a Jewish immigrant from what is today the Czech Republic who had changed his name to Frederick Kerry and converted to Roman Catholicism.

[edit] References

1. ^ Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo Biography.
2. ^ The Many Faces Of Sen. John Kerry. Insight. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
3. ^ Cameron Kerry and his in-laws talk of the Democratic frontrunner. Detroit Jewish News. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.