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World War II. Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1968 election ...
Eugene McCarthy (born March 29, 1916, Watkins, Minnesota, U.S.—died December 10, 2005, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. senator, whose entry into the 1968 race for the Democratic presidential nomination ultimately led President Lyndon B. Johnson to drop his bid for reelection.
The 1968 presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy was launched by United States Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota in the latter part of 1967 to vie for the 1968 Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States.
Dec 11, 2005 · Eugene J. McCarthy, the sardonic Senate dove who stunned the nation by upending President Lyndon B. Johnson's re-election drive amid the Vietnam War turmoil of 1968, died early yesterday. He...
Jan 18, 2006 · EUGENE McCARTHY: Eisenhower’s final warning was about the military-industrial complex. And what he didn’t say, you know, is that it developed while he was president. The first sign that ...
Dec 12, 2005 · In 1968 Eugene McCarthy was an imperfect candidate leading an improbable cause. He didn't get the nomination and he didn't end the war. But he stepped forward when antiwar forces...
In 1968, Eugene McCarthy revealed major divisions among Democrats, changing the political landscape in a way few American politicians ever have.
Dec 20, 2023 · Eugene McCarthy: The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism, by Dominic Sandbrook. Eugene J. McCarthy Papers. Eugene J. McCarthy's files as U.S. Congress member from Minnesota's fourth district (1949-1958) and as U.S. senator from Minnesota (1959-1970).
Dec 14, 2005 · Eugene McCarthy. Eugene Joseph McCarthy, a maverick presidential candidate, died on December 10th, aged 89. WHEN Eugene McCarthy was making his first and most famous attempt on the...
Apr 15, 2004 · Eugene McCarthy, the Senate dove who in 1968 challenged Lyndon Johnson's conduct of the Vietnam War, died Saturday at the age of 89.
