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Jul 13, 1972 · At the 1972 Democratic National Convention, Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota) delivered his acceptance speech as the Democratic presidential nominee. At the convention, his speech was ...
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Nov 1, 2010 · In this oral history from the collection of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, former United States Senator and 1972 Democ...
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The Rise of a Prairie Statesman: The Life and Times of George McGovern is the first major biography of the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate who became ...
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Aug 5, 2020 · Item Number: P-148-10649 A man walks into a voting booth and is faced with McGovern and Nixon switches. A voice-over of his thought process follows his decision to vote for McGovern.
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George McGovern. George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election . McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he became a renowned ...
Oct 21, 2012 · 21 October 2012. George McGovern in 1973. US liberal icon George McGovern, who has died at the age of 90 in a South Dakota hospice, was the Democratic nominee who ran unsuccessfully against...
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See all videos for this article. As chairman of a Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection prior to the Democratic National Convention in 1972, McGovern helped enact party reforms that gave increased representation to minority groups at the convention.
