13.25x25.75". In 1960, when JFK was elected president, he vacated his Massachusetts senate seat. Ted could not be eligible to fill his brother's vacant seat until Feb. 22, 1962 when he would turn 30. Therefore, the president-elect asked Massachusetts governor Foster Furcolo to name a Kennedy family friend, Benjamin A. Smith II, to fill out John's term (under the authority of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution and state law). This kept the seat open for Ted. In 1962, Kennedy was elected to the senate from Massachusetts in a special election. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was re-elected in 1970 and continues to hold that position to this day. Vertical crease appears across side of face. 5" crease across his shoulder. Color rub on left bottom edge. Still quite clean. Rare.