Benjamin A. Smith II

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human politician

Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → politician →
appointedBy	John A. Volpe →
birthPlace	Gloucester, Massachusetts →
closeFriendOf	John F. Kennedy → Kennedy family →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathPlace	Gloucester, Massachusetts →
educatedAt	Gloucester High School → Governor Dummer Academy → Harvard University → St. Ann’s School, Gloucester →
employer	City of Gloucester, Massachusetts → United States Senate →
ethnicGroup	Irish American →
familyName	Smith →
givenName	Benjamin →
hasChild	Barbara Smith Jr. → Benjamin A. Smith III → Katherine Smith → Stephen Smith →
honorificSuffix	II →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
notableFor	association with the Kennedy family → brief service as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts →
occupation	businessman → politician →
partyAffiliation	Democratic Party →
positionHeld	Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts → United States Senator → member of the Gloucester School Committee →
precededBy	John F. Kennedy →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
represented	Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Barbara Smith →
stateOfOrigin	Massachusetts →
succeededBy	Edward M. Kennedy →
workLocation	Massachusetts →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stephen Smith →	childOf
Stephen Smith →	hasFather
St. Ann’s School, Gloucester →	notableStudent
Edward M. Kennedy →	precededBy