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    Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987...
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    Ribicoff also declined. McGovern offered the position to Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton, who appealed to labor groups and Catholics, two groups that McGovern...
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    Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's...
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    revelations about his running mate Thomas Eagleton, as well as the perception that McGovern's platform was radical. Eagleton had undergone electroconvulsive...
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    suggested Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, whom McGovern ultimately chose. McGovern's team only conducted minimal vetting of Eagleton as the senator...
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    Terence Francis Eagleton FBA (born 22 February 1943) is an English philosopher, literary theorist, critic, and public intellectual. He is currently Distinguished...
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  • presidential candidate George McGovern, who endorsed his running mate, Thomas Eagleton, "1000 percent" following a scandal, then soon after dropped him. Communication...
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    McGovern of South Dakota for president and Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri for vice president. Eagleton withdrew from the race just 19 days later after...
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    France from 1968 to 1970. In 1972, Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton resigned from the ticket, and Shriver was chosen as his replacement...
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    election in Missouri was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Senator Thomas Eagleton defeated Republican nominee Gene McNary with 52.00% of the vote. As...
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  • won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for uncovering the fact that Senator Thomas Eagleton, George McGovern's choice for vice president, had had severe psychiatric...
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    defeated Democratic State Senator Edward T. Conroy. Incumbent Democrat Thomas Eagleton won reelection, defeating Republican County Executive of St. Louis...
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    Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland, who had replaced Senator Thomas Eagleton during the campaign, while Nixon ran with incumbent Vice President...
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    was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democrat Thomas Eagleton defeated Republican nominee Thomas B. Curtis, a former U.S. Representative, with 60.07%...
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    if elected — despite the fact that his running mate (after Senator Thomas Eagleton was dropped from the ticket) Sargent Shriver was firmly opposed to...
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    Attorney General, Danforth's name was invoked. Former U.S. Senator Tom Eagleton reacted to the nomination by saying: "John Danforth would have been my...
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    Democratic primary by Lieutenant Governor Thomas Eagleton. Eagleton narrowly defeated Republican U.S. Representative Thomas B. Curtis in the general election...
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    discusses in his novel, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Thomas Eagleton, United States Senator from Missouri, was dropped from the Democratic...
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  • player Terry Eagleton (born 1943), English literary critic and philosopher Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007), American politician William L. Eagleton (1926–2011)...
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    party split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. In the general election McGovern...
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    Dukakis and author of Shock, a book chronicling her experiences with ECT Thomas Eagleton, US senator and vice presidential candidate Eduard Einstein (28 July...
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    dubbed the Sunshine Special) to McGovern's ill-fated selection of Thomas Eagleton as the Vice-Presidential candidate. The book is notable for its introduction...
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    the ballot in multiple states despite suspension. Shriver replaced Thomas Eagleton when he ran for vice president. Biden formally announced his reelection...
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    Lieutenant Governor Thomas Eagleton and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury W. True Davis Jr., who each ran strong campaigns. Eagleton won the primary...
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    national, and foreign affairs by two smart, well-informed people". Thomas Eagleton was first elected in 1968, defeating incumbent U.S. senator Edward...
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    hold the office of Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, the first being Thomas Eagleton. "Journal of the Senate" (PDF). Missouri Senate. March 6, 2003. p. 403...
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    Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic Party politician and...
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    Young) Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton) Defense (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:...
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    McGovern's Vice Presidential running mate Thomas Eagleton by leaking Eagleton's medical records to the press. Eagleton's medical record unveiled that he had...
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  • the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 8. Sears, p. 389 Sears, Thomas James (2001). Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the...
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