American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010)
For the Australian politician, see Ted Sorensen (politician).
Ted Sorensen
Sorensen in 1983
White House Counsel
In office January 20, 1961 – February 29, 1964
President
John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson
Preceded by
David Kendall
Succeeded by
Mike Feldman
Personal details
Born
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen
(1928-05-08)May 8, 1928 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Died
October 31, 2010(2010-10-31) (aged 82) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Camilla Palmer (1949, divorced) Sara Elbery (1964, divorced) Gillian Martin (1969)
Children
4, including Juliet
Relatives
Christian A. Sorensen (father) Philip C. Sorensen (brother)
Education
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BA, LLB)
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (May 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual blood bank".[1] Notably, though it was a collaborative effort with Kennedy, Sorensen was generally regarded as the author of the majority of the final text of Profiles in Courage, and stated in his memoir that he helped write the book. Profiles in Courage won Kennedy the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Sorensen helped draft Kennedy's inaugural address and was also the primary author of Kennedy's 1962 "We choose to go to the Moon" speech.
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to deliver a major address on peace. According to Special Assistant TedSorensen the speech was kept confidential in fear that the unprecedented tone...
the speech, largely written by presidential advisor and speechwriter TedSorensen, to a large crowd at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas. In his...
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his family's compound in Hyannis Port. Stephen Smith, Robert McNamara, TedSorensen, Richard N. Goodwin, Lem Billings, Milton Gwirtzman, David W. Burke,...
session of the Congress and deliver a speech. Soon after, Johnson asked TedSorensen, Kennedy's chief speechwriter, to prepare a draft version for his speech...
May 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010. TedSorensen (22 April 2007). "Great speeches of the 20th century: The Kennedys. Ted Sorenson: JFK's inaugural address...
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(2015) as Agent Hayes 40 Nights (2016) as Joseph Chappaquiddick (2017) as TedSorensen 1BR (2019) as Jerry PEN15 (2019–2021) as Curtis Cone The Walking Dead...
2020 Mark McArdle MP (Caloundra) – announced retirement 27 June 2019 TedSorensen MP (Hervey Bay) – announced retirement 25 May 2020 Simone Wilson MP (Pumicestone)...
for your country," whether credit be given to Kennedy, to speechwriter TedSorensen, or to both? While there is a guild called "The UK Speechwriters' Guild"...
Kennedy's speechwriter, TedSorensen, revealed that the phrase was not one of his or the President's own fashioning. It was in Sorensen's first year working...
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tasked his speech writer TedSorensen to study the Gettysburg Address in order to help him with his own inaugural address. Sorensen drew many lessons from...
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