Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born July 14, 1967) is an American politician. He is the former
U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the
Democratic Party. The district includes all of
Bristol County and
Newport County, and parts of
Providence County. Kennedy did not seek re-election in
2010. He is a member of the
Kennedy family and the younger son of the longtime Massachusetts Senator
Ted Kennedy. At the time of his father's 2009 death, he was the last remaining member of the Kennedy family to serve in an elective office in Washington. When he retired in 2011, it was the first time since 1947 that there were no members of the Kennedy family in public office.