Barry Goldwater
American politician and military officer (1909-1998) · United States · Politicians · Died at 89
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Something wrong?Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.
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1998Died29 May 19981987Langley Gold MedalAward1986Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1982National Aviation Hall of FameAward1909Born2 January 1909
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Goldwater as a major general in the United States Air Force, c. 1967
Goldwater's campaign portrait in the 1952 U.S. Senate campaign
Goldwater's informal press conference on August 7, 1974, following a meeting between Goldwater, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, U.S. House Minority Leader John Jacob Rhodes, and President Richard Nixon to discuss the Watergate scandal and impeachment process. The following evening, on August 8, 1974, President Nixon announced his resignation in a nationally televised address.
President Lyndon B. Johnson with U.S. Senator Goldwater on January 16, 1964
A bumper sticker from Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign, representing the Goldwater surname as Au = gold and H2O = water
Goldwater meeting with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in December 1984Awards
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1998 · aged 89
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