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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1968 election, challenging ...
Mar 25, 2024 · Eugene McCarthy (born March 29, 1916, Watkins, Minnesota, U.S.—died December 10, 2005, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. senator, whose entry into the 1968 race for the Democratic presidential nomination ultimately led President Lyndon B. Johnson to drop his bid for reelection. McCarthy graduated from St. John’s University (Collegeville ...
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Eugene McCarthy Citing the importance of preventing President Johnson's nomination, and the continuation of the war in Vietnam, McCarthy entered his name into four Democratic presidential primaries on November 30, 1967. Upon his entrance, the senator articulated that he believed there was a "deepening moral crisis" in America with the rejection of the political system by citizens, and a ...
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Dec 12, 2005 · In 1968 Eugene McCarthy was an imperfect candidate leading an improbable cause. He didn't get the nomination and he didn't end the war. But he stepped forward when antiwar forces needed him the most.
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Dec 11, 2005 · Eugene J. McCarthy, the sardonic Senate dove who stunned the nation by upending President Lyndon B. Johnson's re-election drive amid the Vietnam War turmoil of 1968, died early yesterday. He was 89.
Dec 10, 2005 · Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died...
Jan 18, 2006 · A tribute to Eugene McCarthy, who died in 2005, and his role in challenging Lyndon Johnson over the Vietnam War. Listen to his speeches, interviews and a radio spot from his 1968 campaign, and hear from his biographer and a former SDS leader.
