David L. Hackett Papers. 1943 - 1968. Files Related to Robert F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign

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David L. Hackett Papers. 1943 - 1968. Files Related to Robert F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign

1968

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This series contains campaign material from Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 election campaign including newspaper clippings, campaign speeches, organization member cards, thank you notes, and correspondence. There is extensive material for the following topics: democratic leaders and Indiana. There are also several oversized campaign posters from Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign; the backside of each poster contains tallied election results.

6 linear feet, 9 linear inches

eng, Latn

John F. Kennedy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6493178

John F. Kennedy Library

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Hackett, David L., 1927-

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Born in 1927, David L. Hackett was later employed as an urban affairs consultant. Hailing from Indiana, he was a member of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign staff and served as the executive director of the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime from 1961 to 1962. By 1963, he had become a special assistant to the attorney general, Robert F. Kennedy. During the mid 1960s, following President Kennedy's assassination, Hackett served as the president of Policy Manag...

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...