Eugene McCarthy

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American politician (1916-2005)

United States PoliticiansLived 1916 to 2005 · aged 89

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S. S. Senate from 1959 until his resignation in 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, McCarthy sought the party's presidential nomination in the 1968 presidential election, challenging incumbent President Lyndon B.

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McCarthy with President John F. Kennedy

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McCarthy speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, May 19, 1968

McCarthy (below) with supporter Paul O'Dwyer at campaign headquarters, 64 West 56th Street, New York City, April 23, 1968

McCarthy in 1968

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SpouseAbigail McCarthy

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Eugene Joseph McCarthy was an American politician, writer, and academic who represented Minnesota in both houses of the United States Congress for over 22 years, first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959, then in the U.S. Senate from 1959 until his resignation in 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, McCarthy sought the party's presidential nomination in the 1968 presidential election, challenging incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform, and ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for president four more times.

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