Nov. 3, 1964 | RFK Victory Speech

Nov. 3, 1964 - A massive tide of votes for President Johnson swept Robert F. Kennedy into the U.S. Senate today and appeared to have given Democrats control both of the state legislature and of the New York congressional delegation. With his brother Edward reelected as Senator from Massachusetts, Kennedy will form half of the second brother act in the history of the Senate. The last pair of brothers to sit simultaneously in the chamber were Theodore Foster of Rhode Island and Dwight Foster of Massachusetts between 1800 and 1803.

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