Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician 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 unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president of the United States to succeed incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. Wikipedia
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..., or Subscribe now Eugene Joseph McCarthy, a maverick presidential candidate Dec 14th 2005 From The Economist print edition WHEN Eugene McCarthy was making his first and most famous attempt... www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5300028
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. www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/national/11mccarthy.html?ex=12...
McCarthy was among the first of the mainstream Democrats to break ranks with the party leadership on the issue of Vietnam, and his challenge to an incumbent president of the same political party changed the course of history. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/10/...
Eugene McCarthy dies at 89 By COLMAN McCARTHY Nov. 30, 1967, saw a fierce early winter storm blow into Washington. ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2005d/122305/122305k.php
"Clean Gene" McCarthy passed away on December 10, 2005 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 89. rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2005/12/eugene-mccarthy-1916...
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota) was born in the small Minnesota farming community of Watkins in 1916. www.4president.org/brochures/mccarthy1968brochure.htm
...PRESS CONFERENCE OF SENATOR EUGENE J. McCARTHY SENATE CAUCUS ROOM, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 30, 1967 I intend to enter the Democratic primaries in four states: Wisconsin, Oregon, ... www.4president.org/speeches/mccarthy1968announcement.htm