Author:Eugene McCarthy
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| ←Author Index: Mc | Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (1916–2005) |
| American politician, poet, and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the Senate from 1959 to 1971. In the 1968 presidential election, he 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. |
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy
- Nominating Speech for Adlai E. Stevenson, delivered at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, July 13, 1960
