From Fox News: George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, has died
after a short stay in a South Dakota hospice, after what his family
termed a “combination of medical conditions.”
He was 90 years old.
A 22-year veteran of the House and Senate from South Dakota, McGovern
was one of the most storied American politicians of the 20th century.
McGovern was best known for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War
and advocacy for agricultural and world hunger issues.
McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election to the incumbent
President Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in American
history, winning only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Nixon
later resigned from the presidency in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal.
McGovern, a former World War II bomber pilot, was one of the most
prominent “doves” of his time. He flew 35 combat missions over
Nazi-occupied Europe and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for
leading an emergency landing of a damaged plane that saved his crew.
He first won election to Congress in 1956. His longtime advocacy on
the behalf of farmers and the poor began with his service on the House
Agriculture Committee. The panel’s longtime chairman, Rep. Harold Cooley
(D-N.C.), said, “I cannot recall a single member of Congress who has
fought more vigorously or intelligently for American farmers than
Congressman McGovern.”
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