Press Secretary was Frank Mankiewicz. Brother in law Steve Smith, along with JFK aides Kenny O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien were the driving forces on his campaign staff. Richard Goodwin was another key aide. read more
Brother in law Steve Smith, along with JFK aides Kenny O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien were the driving forces on his campaign staff. Richard Goodwin was another key aide. This page may be out of date. read more
The Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign began on March 16, 1968, when Robert Francis Kennedy (RFK), a U.S. Senator from New York who had won a Senate seat in 1964, entered an unlikely primary election as a challenger to incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ). read more
Robert Kennedy at his brother President John F. Kennedy's funeral, November 25, 1963 At the time that President Kennedy was felled by an assassin's bullets on November 22, 1963, RFK was at home with aides from the Justice Department when J. Edgar Hoover called and told him his brother had been shot. read more