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Eugene J. McCarthy

United States, 1916 - 2005

U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1949-1959)
Senator for Minnesota (1959-1971)
Democratic Presidential Candidate (1968)
Democratic Presidential Candidate (1972)
Democratic Presidential Candidate (1976)
Democratic Presidential Candidate (1988)
Democratic Presidential Candidate (1992)

Gene McCarthy was elected to the U.S House of Representatives for Minnesota in 1949. He became Senator for Minnesota in 1959. McCarthy was a Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1968, 1972, 1976, 1988, and 1992.