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Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972.
Jul 26, 2012 · Before there was the controversial Sarah Palin pick in 2008, there was Thomas Eagleton, George McGovern’s ill-fated selection in 1972. The Eagleton affair, in fact, ultimately changed how vice...
Mar 5, 2007 · Thomas F. Eagleton, the former U.S. senator from Missouri who was forced to withdraw as the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee in 1972 after admitting that he had been hospitalized...
Aug 4, 2012 · Just 18 days later, Eagleton was forced to drop out. The incident forever changed the way presidential candidates pick their No. 2s.
Mar 5, 2007 · Thomas F. Eagleton, a former United States senator whose legislative accomplishments were overshadowed by his removal as the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1972 after revelations...
Mar 5, 2007 · David Goldstein. WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Sen. Thomas Eagleton, whose star-crossed nomination as vice-presidential candidate on the disastrous 1972 Democratic ticket sealed his place in U.S....
Mar 4, 2007 · But history will probably remember him most as a vice-presidential candidate for 18 days. He was in his first term as a Senator from Missouri when Senator George McGovern asked him to be join his...
Mar 4, 2007 · Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as George McGovern’s vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday. He was 77.
Mar 7, 2007 · To be sure, there was much more to Tom Eagleton — who died Sunday at age 77 — than his 18-day tenure as the 1972 Democratic nominee for vice president. Eagleton was a major figure in...
Mar 4, 2007 · Thomas F. Eagleton, a three-term Democratic senator from Missouri who resigned as George McGovern's vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for...
