George McGovern

¿Quién es George McGovern?

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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Poster de la serie Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Poster de la película The Martha Mitchell Effect The Martha Mitchell Effect Poster de la serie Newhart Newhart Poster de la película Our Nixon Our Nixon Poster de la serie The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show Poster de la película FAT: A Documentary FAT: A Documentary Poster de la película 1971 1971 Poster de la película Imminent Threat Imminent Threat Poster de la película Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words Poster de la película Anthem Anthem Poster de la película One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern Poster de la película Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity Poster de la serie Fox News Sunday Fox News Sunday
También conocido como: George Stanley McGovern /

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