Rock the Vote: Ted Kennedy

For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.

Time, September 28, 1962
Illustration: Rene Robert Bouche

Ted Kennedy was U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1962-2009. In 1980 he ran for the Democratic Party nomination for President against then-President Jimmy Carter, but lost.