George McGovern

George McGovern

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1922-07-19
Deathday: 2012-10-21 (90 years old)

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George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, historian, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. He became most known for his outspoken opposition to the growing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He staged a brief nomination run in the 1968 presidential election as a stand-in for the assassinated Robert F. Kennedy. McGovern's long-shot, grassroots-based 1972 presidential campaign found triumph in gaining the Democratic nomination but left the party badly split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. In the general election McGovern lost to incumbent Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in U.S. electoral history. Though re-elected to the Senate in 1968 and 1974, McGovern was defeated in his bid for a fourth term in 1980.


As the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961, McGovern oversaw the distribution of U.S. surpluses to the needy abroad and was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Programme. As sole chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs from 1968 to 1977, McGovern publicized the problem of hunger within the United States and issued the "McGovern Report", which led to a new set of nutritional guidelines for Americans.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1922-07-19

Deathday
2012-10-21 (90 years old)

Birth Place
Avon, United States of America

Religion
Methodism

Relationships
Eleanor McGovern (1943-10-31 - 2007-01-25)

Citizenships
United States of America

Residences
Chevy Chase · Bazelon-McGovern House, United States of America

Also Known As
George Stanley McGovern

Awards
Gandhi Peace Award, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, World Food Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want


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