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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 [1] – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.
Apr 2, 2014 · Barry Goldwater was an American politician best known as a senator from Arizona and the Republican candidate for president in 1964.
Aug 22, 2024 · Barry Goldwater (born January 1, 1909, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.—died May 29, 1998, Paradise Valley, Arizona) was a U.S. senator from Arizona (1953–64, 1969–87) and the Republican presidential candidate in 1964.
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Oct 20, 2020 · When the far-right Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater ran for the American presidency in 1964, he never even pretended to woo voters in the political center.
In 1960, with publication of The Conscience of a Conservative, Barry Goldwater became the leader of a national movement. Written with speechwriter Brent Bozell, the book was a statement of Goldwater's political creed.
As senator, Goldwater advocated a limited federal government while championing a stronger national defense. His widely read 1960 book, The Conscience of a Conservative, brought the Arizona senator to national attention as he became a founder of the modern conservative movement.
May 28, 1998 · When Barry Goldwater died Friday in his Arizona home at the age of 89, the Republican party to which he had devoted his political career — the party that Goldwater had almost single-handedly ...