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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. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972 .
Mark D. Eagleton, candidate for Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri 1953. Father of Thomas Eagleton. [3]Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007), Circuit Attorney of St. Louis, Missouri; Attorney General of Missouri 1961–65; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri 1965–68; U.S. Senator from Missouri 1968–87; candidate for Vice President of the United States 1972, withdrew nomination.
The 1974 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democrat Thomas Eagleton defeated Republican nominee Thomas B. Curtis, a former U.S. Representative, with 60.07% of the vote.
Finally, the vice presidential slot was offered to Senator Thomas Eagleton from Missouri, who accepted the offer. [49] With hundreds of delegates displeased with McGovern, the vote to ratify Eagleton's candidacy was chaotic, with at least three other candidates having their names put into nomination and votes scattered over 70 candidates. [50]
The Miami Beach Convention Center (shown here in 2011) was the site of the 1972 Democratic National Convention View of the convention in action.. The 1972 convention was significant as the first implementation of the reforms set by the Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection, which McGovern himself had chaired before deciding to run for president.
Thomas B. Curtis, U.S. Representative Morris D. Duncan, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Senate in 1962 and 1964 Forest Nave Jr., Republican nominee for Missouri's 4th congressional district in 1966
On election day, 8 November 1960, Democratic nominee Thomas Eagleton won the election by a margin of 283,832 votes against his opponent Republican nominee Donald J. Stohr, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Eagleton was sworn in as the 35th attorney general of Missouri on 9 January 1961. [1]
The ticket of McGovern and Eagleton was nominated by the 1972 Democratic National Convention. Following the convention, it was revealed that Eagleton had received treatment for depression in the 1960s. [1] Though McGovern considered keeping Eagleton on the ticket, he ultimately chose to replace Eagleton with former ambassador Sargent Shriver. [3]