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Eugene McCarthy

Personal data
Date of birthMarch 29, 1916
Place of birthWatkins, Minnesota
Date of deathDecember 10, 2005(age 89)
Place of deathWashington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
SpouseAbigail McCarthy (1945-2001)
Alma materSt. John's University
University of Minnesota
ProfessionProfessor
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Assumed officeJanuary 3, 1959 � January 3, 1971
Succeeded byHubert Humphrey
Preceded byEdward John Thye
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 4th district
In officeJanuary 3, 1949 - January 3, 1959

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Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (March 29, 1916 - December 10, 2005) was an American politician, poet, and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.

In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy was the first candidate to challenge incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, running on an anti-Vietnam War platform. The unexpected vote total he achieved in the New Hampshire primary led Johnson to withdraw from the race, and lured Robert F. Kennedy into the contest. McCarthy would unsuccessfully seek the presidency five times altogether.

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Brinker: Youth turnout disappoints, but fits historical pattern - University Daily Kansan Tweet this news
University Daily Kansan--Robert F. Kennedy and -Eugene McCarthy- in 1968. Legions of college students rallied to these presidential prospects, as once-long haired activists got “Clean ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:55:36 GMT+00:00
NEWS DAY | Big Brother Bob Fletcher / Zinging SJU and the Freedom Foundation ... - Twin Cities Planet (blog) Tweet this news
Twin Cities Planet (blog)--The ultimate irony is that -Eugene McCarthy- was definitely at least as leftist and partisan as Nick Coleman. For-profit colleges lie to their students, ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:59:58 GMT+00:00
Chuck Collins and 'Underground News,' online news, Oprah plus other media news ... - Chicago Tribune (blog) Tweet this news
Chicago Tribune (blog)---Eugene McCarthy-, activist Abbie Hoffman, Mick Jagger, Joan Baez, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sen. Charles Percy. "What was it exactly? ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:52:05 GMT+00:00
Obama's Honeymoon and Chelsea's Wedding Are Over. What Now Hillary? - Huffington Post (blog) Tweet this news
Huffington Post (blog)--One need only remember the disastrous struggles between -Eugene McCarthy- and Lyndon Johnson in 1968, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford in 1976, ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:23:28 GMT+00:00
Klobuchar to speak at St. John's lecture - St. Cloud Times Tweet this news
St. Cloud Times--Amy Klobuchar will speak at the 2010 -Eugene- J. -McCarthy- Lecture on Aug. 30 at St. John's University. In 2006, Klobuchar, a Democrat, became the first woman ... - Date : Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:34:46 GMT+00:00
PASSINGS: Gerald Heaney - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times---...- lawyer and political figure, Heaney helped form the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota with the likes of Hubert Humphrey and -Eugene McCarthy-. ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:02:39 GMT+00:00
SurveyUSA Poll Shows Proposition 14 Will Pass - Ballot Access Tweet this news
Ballot Access--My first activity in independent politics was with the late, great, -Eugene- J. -McCarthy's- campaign for the presidency in 1976 (Committee for a Constitutional ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:08:34 GMT+00:00
Presidential? Not ex-Sen. Santorum - Leader Vindicator Tweet this news
Leader Vindicator--Rick Santorum could become the -Eugene McCarthy- - or perhaps the Harold Stassen - of Pennsylvania politics. Santorum holds right-wing views. ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:08:34 GMT+00:00
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? Kitty Kelley, Part I - The Georgetown Dish Tweet this news
The Georgetown Dish---Eugene McCarthy- as he took a principled stand against the Vietnam War -- is unafraid to take on the most holy of America's sacred cows. ... - Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 04:10:12 GMT+00:00
Tired of long-winded commencement speeches? Try the 1-minute version - True/Slant Tweet this news
True/Slant--Former presidential candidate -Eugene McCarthy-, darling of the left in 1968, gave the commencement speech to the Haverford College class of ... - Date : Sat, 15 May 2010 11:28:00 GMT+00:00

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Edward Devitt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 4 congressional district

1949-1959
Succeeded by
Joseph Karth
United States Senate
Preceded by
Edward John Thye
United States Senator from Minnesota
Served alongside: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale

1959-1971
Succeeded by
Hubert Humphrey
Party political offices
Preceded by
William E. Carlson
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party from United States Senator (Class 1) from Minnesota
1958, 1964
Succeeded by
Hubert Humphrey

McCarthy's presidential campaign results
Election Party votes %
1968 (various) 25,634 0.04%
1976 independent 740,460 0.91%
1988 Consumer 30,905 0.03%


United States Senators from Minnesota

Class 1Rice * Ramsey * McMillan * Davis * Towne * Clapp * Kellogg * Shipstead * Thye * McCarthy * H. Humphrey * M. Humphrey * Durenberger * Grams * Dayton * Klobuchar |
Class 2Shields * Wilkinson * Norton * Windom * Stearns * Windom * Edgerton * Windom * Sabin * Washburn * K. Nelson * Johnson * Schall * Benson * Howard * Lundeen * Ball * A. Nelson * Ball * H. Humphrey * Mondale * Anderson * Boschwitz * Wellstone * Barkley * Coleman * Franken |

United States presidential election, 1964

Democratic Party1964 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBrewster * Brown * Johnson * Kennedy * Randolph * Reynolds * Wallace * Welsh * Yorty
VP CandidatesDodd * Humphrey * Kennedy * McCarthy
Republican Party1964 Republican National Convention
CandidatesFong * Goldwater * Lodge * Nixon * Rhodes * Rockefeller * Scranton * Smith * Stassen
VP CandidatesMiller

United States presidential election, 1968

Democratic Party1968 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBranigin * Crommelin * Fisher * Humphrey (campaign) * R. Kennedy (campaign) * Johnson * Lynch * McCarthy (campaign) * McGovern * Moore * Smathers * Young
VP CandidatesMuskie
Republican Party1968 Republican National Convention
CandidatesCarlson * Case * Fong * Lindsay * Nixon (campaign) * Reagan * Rhodes * N. Rockefeller * W. Rockefeller * Romney (campaign) * Stassen * Volpe
VP CandidatesAgnew * Brooke * Bush * Chafee * Evans * Finch * Hatfield * Javits * Love * Morton * Percy * Tower
Third PartyAmerican Independent Party
CandidateWallace (campaign)
VP CandidateLeMay

United States presidential election, 1972

Democratic Party1972 Democratic National Convention * Primaries
CandidatesChisholm * Harris * Hartke * Humphrey * Jackson * Lindsay * McCarthy * McGovern (campaign) * Mills * Muskie * Sanford * Wallace * Yorty
VP CandidatesEagleton (replaced) * Farenthold * Gravel * Peabody * Shriver
Republican Party1972 Republican National Convention * Primaries
CandidatesAshbrook * McCloskey * Nixon (campaign)
VP CandidatesAgnew
Minor partiesSchmitz (American Independent) * Jenness (Socialist Workers) * Spock (People's) * Hospers (Libertarian)

United States presidential election, 1976

Democratic Party
Convention * Primaries
Nominee: Jimmy Carter
VP Nominee: Walter Mondale
Other Candidates: Bayh * Bentsen * Brown * Byrd * Carey * Church * Harris * Humphrey * Jackson * Jaworski * Jordan * McCarthy * McCormack * Mondale * Randolph * Sanford * Shapp * Shriver * Stevenson * Udall * Wallace
Other VP Candidates: Albert * Dellums * Jordan
Republican Party
Convention * Primaries
Nominee: Gerald Ford
VP Nominee: Bob Dole
Other Candidates: Buckley * Reagan * Richardson * Stassen
Other VP Candidates: Helms
Minor partiesThomas J. Anderson (American) * Lester Maddox (American Independent) * Gus Hall (Communist) * Roger MacBride (Libertarian) * Margaret Wright (People's) * Peter Camejo (Socialist Workers) * LaRouche (U.S. Labor Party)

United States presidential election, 1992

Democratic Party1992 Democratic National Convention * Primaries
CandidatesAgran * Brown * Casey * Clinton (campaign) * Harkin * Kerrey * Laughlin * McCarthy * Tsongas * Wilder * Woods
VP CandidateGore
Republican Party1992 Republican National Convention
CandidatesBuchanan * Bush * Duke * Stassen
VP CandidateQuayle
Third partyIndependents
CandidateRoss Perot (campaign)
VP CandidateJames Stockdale



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