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5 Attorney General of the United States (1961–1964).

4.2 Stevenson aide and focus on organized labor (1956–1960).

4.1 JFK Senate campaign and Joseph McCarthy (1952–1955).

4 Senate committee counsel and political campaigns (1951–1960).

3 Further study, journalism, and marriage (1946–1951).

Sirhan was arrested, tried, and convicted, though Kennedy's assassination, like his brother's, continues to be the subject of widespread analysis and numerous conspiracy theories. Shortly after winning the California primary around midnight on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was mortally wounded when shot with a pistol by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian, allegedly in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. His main challenger in the race was Senator Eugene McCarthy. In 1968, Kennedy became a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency by appealing to poor, African American, Hispanic, Catholic, and young voters. He was an advocate for issues related to human rights and social justice by traveling abroad to eastern Europe, Latin America, and South Africa, and formed working relationships with Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Walter Reuther. involvement in the Vietnam War and raised awareness of poverty by sponsoring legislation designed to lure private business to blighted communities (i.e., Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration project). He left to run for the United States Senate from New York in 1964 and defeated Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating. After his brother's assassination, he remained in office during the Presidency of Lyndon B.

and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on a limited basis. As attorney general, he authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to wiretap Martin Luther King Jr. He authored his account of the Cuban Missile Crisis in a book titled Thirteen Days. His tenure is known for advocating for the civil rights movement, the fight against organized crime and the Mafia, and involvement in U.S.

He served as his brother's closest advisor until the latter's 1963 assassination. He was appointed United States Attorney General at the age of 35, one of the youngest cabinet members in American history.

Kennedy resigned from the committee to conduct his brother's successful campaign in the 1960 presidential election. He gained national attention as the chief counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee from 1957 to 1959, where he publicly challenged Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa over the union's corrupt practices. The following year, he worked as an assistant counsel to the Senate committee chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He began his career as a correspondent for The Boston Post and as a lawyer at the Justice Department, but later resigned to manage his brother John's successful campaign for the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1944 to 1946, Kennedy returned to his studies at Harvard University, and later received his law degree from the University of Virginia. Kennedy was born into a wealthy, political family in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was, like his brothers John and Edward, a prominent member of the Democratic Party and has come to be viewed by some historians as an icon of modern American liberalism. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK or by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S.