George McGovern
American, 1922 - 2012
BiographyGeorge Stanley McGovern was born on 19 July 1922 in Avon, South Dakota. McGovern served as a U.S. representative (1957-1961) and as a three-term U.S. senator (1963-1981). He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 and 1984 and an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1972. He died on 21 October 2012.
Source: "McGovern, George Stanley." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000452.
Source: "McGovern, George Stanley." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000452.
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