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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – 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.
Mar 6, 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. Goldwater dropped out of college and began working in his family’s Phoenix department store, Goldwater’s, of which he was ...
Oct 20, 2020 · How Barry Goldwater Brought the Far Right to Center Stage in the 1964 Presidential Race. Despite a landslide loss, the Arizona Republican ignited his party's ultra-conservative wing for decades...
As senator, Goldwater proposed a new—some said radical—political agenda. "He preached the cause of modern conservatism," wrote one biographer, which emphasized “individualism, the sanctity of private property… anticommunism, and the dangers of centralized power.”
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.
By ADAM CLYMER. arry M. Goldwater, the recklessly candid Republican Presidential candidate who founded the modern conservative political movement in America, died on Friday in Paradise Valley, Ariz. He was 89. Credit:The Associated Press.
