Reporter (1949-1960), editor (1962-1972), The Tennessean, Nashville; aide to Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's Presidential campaign (1960) and U.S. Senate Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field (1960); Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General, Department of Justice (1961).
Oral History Interviews: Seigenthaler completed six oral history interviews for the John F. Kennedy Library; JFK#1 interview: 7/22/1964; JFK#2 interview: 2/21/1966; JFK#3 interview: 2/22/1966; JFK#4 interview: 2/23/1996; RFK#1 interview: 6/5/1970; RFK#2 interview: 7/1/1970. Each interview comments upon Seigenthaler's role as aide Robert Kennedy's in the 1960 presidential election, his role as the Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General, civil rights, and his relationship with Robert and John F. Kennedy, the FBI, state visits, and the President's assassination, Robert F. Kennedy's Tribute to John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention and Robert Kennedy's Senate campaign, among other issues.