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Lloyd Bentsen was a four-term U.S. Senator from Texas and the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1988. He also served as the Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999.
Learn about the famous remark by Lloyd Bentsen in the 1988 vice presidential debate, when he challenged Dan Quayle's comparison with John F. Kennedy. Find out the context, the transcript, the aftermath and the legacy of this political zinger.
May 24, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, former congressman and senator from Texas, onetime secretary of the Treasury and the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1988, died yesterday at his home in Houston. He was 85.
Lloyd Bentsen (born February 11, 1921, Mission, Texas, U.S.—died May 23, 2006, Houston, Texas) was an American Democratic politician who was a longtime U.S. senator (1971–93) before serving as secretary of the treasury (1993–94) in the presidential administration of Bill Clinton.
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May 23, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, who represented Texas in Congress for 28 years, was the 1988 Democratic nominee for vice president and served as President Bill Clinton's first Treasury secretary, died Tuesday,...
May 23, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, who represented Texas in Congress for 28 years, was the 1988 Democratic vice presidential nominee and served as President Bill Clinton's first treasury secretary, died this...
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May 23, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, a former congressman, senator and treasury secretary, is dead, his family told CNN on Tuesday.
