The Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded 654 times between 1963 and 2024, according to the Congressional Research ...
Four medals were awarded posthumously. They went to George W. Romney, who served as both a Michigan governor and secretary of housing and urban development; former Attorney General and Sen.
Kennedy; George W. Romney, who served as both a Michigan governor and secretary of housing and urban development; and Ash Carter, the former secretary of defense. Kennedy is father to Robert F.