Harry Kennedy

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Harry Kennedy
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 1st district
In office
2001 - 2008
Personal details
Born February 21, 1952
St. Louis, Missouri
Political party Democratic
Religion Roman Catholic

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. ↑ Kennedy's biography on the Senate website, accessed 2008-11-08
  2. ↑ "Mo. Sen. Kennedy resigns for St. Louis job". AP. October 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Kennedy takes job as aide to Reed". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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