(1929-09-04)September 4, 1929 St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died
March 4, 2007(2007-03-04) (aged 77) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Barbara Ann Smith
(m. 1956)
Children
2
Education
Amherst College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Navy
Years of service
1947–1949
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. He suffered from bouts of depression throughout his life, resulting in several hospitalizations, which were kept secret from the public. When they were revealed, it humiliated the McGovern campaign, and Eagleton was forced to quit the race. He later became adjunct professor of public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Ribicoff also declined. McGovern offered the position to Missouri Senator ThomasEagleton, who appealed to labor groups and Catholics, two groups that McGovern...
presidential candidate George McGovern, who endorsed his running mate, ThomasEagleton, "1000 percent" following a scandal, then soon after dropped him. Communication...
revelations from his running mate ThomasEagleton, as well as the perception that McGovern's platform was radical. Eagleton had undergone electroconvulsive...
was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democrat ThomasEagleton defeated Republican nominee Thomas B. Curtis, a former U.S. Representative, with 60.07%...
McGovern of South Dakota for president and Senator ThomasEagleton of Missouri for vice president. Eagleton withdrew from the race just 19 days later after...
suggested Senator ThomasEagleton of Missouri, whom McGovern ultimately chose. McGovern's team only conducted minimal vetting of Eagleton as the senator...
France from 1968 to 1970. In 1972, Democratic vice presidential nominee ThomasEagleton resigned from the ticket, and Shriver was chosen as his replacement...
election in Missouri was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Senator ThomasEagleton defeated Republican nominee Gene McNary with 52.00% of the vote. As...
nomination of Gerald Ford to be Vice President. (The other two were ThomasEagleton and William Hathaway.)[citation needed] After Nelson's 1980 defeat...
Democratic primary by Lieutenant Governor ThomasEagleton. Eagleton narrowly defeated Republican U.S. Representative Thomas B. Curtis in the general election...
discusses in his novel, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. ThomasEagleton, United States Senator from Missouri, was dropped from the Democratic...
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...
Dukakis and author of Shock, a book chronicling her experiences with ECT ThomasEagleton, US senator and vice presidential candidate Eduard Einstein (28 July...
party split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of ThomasEagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. In the general election McGovern...
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McGovern's Vice Presidential running mate ThomasEagleton by leaking Eagleton's medical records to the press. Eagleton's medical record unveiled that he had...
Ashcroft later served alongside Bond in the Senate. After Senator ThomasEagleton decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected senator in 1986...
Missouri was held on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Democratic Senator ThomasEagleton decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican former...
defeated Democratic State Senator Edward T. Conroy. Incumbent Democrat ThomasEagleton won reelection, defeating Republican County Executive of St. Louis...