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Oct 21, 2012 · Former U.S. Senator and 1972 presidential candidate George S. McGovern (b. 1922) died in October 2012 after being admitted to a Sioux Falls hospice six days earlier. He was 90 years old and had ...
Quick Reference. (b. Avon, South Dakota, 19 July 1922) US; US Senator 1963–81, Democratic presidential candidate 1972 McGovern took a BA at Dakota Wesleyan University and served in the Second World War as a pilot, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross. He took a Ph.D. at Northwestern University and taught history and political science at ...
Oct 7, 2008 · Former Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.) has emerged as an unlikely ally of business groups looking to defeat legislation that would allow unions to bypass secret-ballot elections.
Aug 14, 2008 · Senator George S. McGovern, Manifesting Wisdom as to the Union Card-Check Issue Paul Weyrich | Aug 14, 2008 The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the ...
Oct 21, 2012 · George Stanley McGovern was born on July 19, 1922, in a parsonage in Avon, S.D., a town of about 600 people where his father, Joseph, was the pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. A ...
Mar 14, 2009 · Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., has long been clear that he and most of his Republican colleagues would be ready to fight any attempt at "card check," legislation sought by unions and introduced in ...
George McGovern (born July 19, 1922, Avon, South Dakota, U.S.—died October 21, 2012, Sioux Falls, South Dakota) was an American politician who was an unsuccessful reformist Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1972. He campaigned on a platform advocating an immediate end to the Vietnam War and for a broad program of liberal social ...
