district state_senate succeeded religion birth_place party term birth_date image article_title state name
1st missouri incumbent roman catholic st. louis , missouri democratic 2001 - 2008 21 february 1952 harry kennedy.jpg harry kennedy
 missouri harry kennedy
harry kennedy

harry kennedy -lrb- born february 21 , 1952 -rrb- 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 .
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 .
during his senate tenure , he was a member of the following committees : aging , families , and mental health economic development , tourism , and local government financial and governmental organizations and elections pensions , veteran 's affairs and general laws
