Eugene J. McCarthy

GPTKB entity

Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor Education reform
Environmental protection
Labor rights
Affordable housing
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Minnesota
gptkbp:awards Presidential Medal of Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-03-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Minnesota,_USA
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Hugh_O'Neill
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Minnesota's_4th_congressional_district
gptkbp:competitors gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:contributedTo Democratic_Party_platform
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-12-10
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Minnesota
gptkbp:firstClaim gptkb:New_Hampshire_primary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eugene J. McCarthy
gptkbp:image Eugene_J_McCarthy.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Barack_Obama
Progressive politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:inspiration Anti-war movement
gptkbp:knownFor Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War
Poetic_speeches
gptkbp:nickname Gene
gptkbp:notableFor 1968 presidential campaign
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Letters_of_Eugene_McCarthy
gptkbp:occupation U.S._Senator
gptkbp:opposedBy Death penalty
Nuclear weapons
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Liberalism
Liberal Senator
gptkbp:politicalRole 1950-1971
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edward_John_Thye
gptkbp:president 1968
gptkbp:publishedBy The McCarthy Chronicles
gptkbp:religion Catholicism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkb:U.S._Senate
Chairman_of_the_Democratic_National_Committee
U.S._Senator_from_Minnesota
gptkbp:spouse Abigail_McCarthy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Walter_Mondale
gptkbp:supported Women's rights
Civil rights movement
Universal healthcare
Public education funding
Social security expansion
Civil liberties.
gptkbp:termEnd 1971-01-03
gptkbp:termStart 1959-01-03
gptkbp:wrote A Political Memoir