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|term_start2=January 3, 1971
|term_start2=January 3, 1971
|term_end2=January 20, 1993
|term_end2=January 20, 1993
|predecessor2=Ralph William Yarborough
|predecessor2=[[Ralph Yarborough]]
|successor2=Bob Krueger (interim for [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]])
|successor2=Bob Krueger (interim for [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]])
|office3=[[U.S. Representative]] for<br> Texas' 15th congressional district
|office3=[[U.S. Representative]] for<br> Texas' 15th congressional district
}}
}}
'''Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.''' (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]]. Previously he served as a [[United States Senator]] from [[Texas]] from 1971 to 1993 and thereafter until 1994 as [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. Bentsen was involved from childhood with the [[Boy Scouts of America|Scouting]] at a young age, having earned the highest rank of [[Eagle Scout]].<ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lloyd_bentsen.html Lloyd Bentsen Quotes]</ref>
'''Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.''' (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]]. Previously he served as a [[United States Senator]] and [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Texas]] from 1971 to 1993 and thereafter until 1994 as [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. Bentsen was involved from childhood with the [[Boy Scouts of America|Scouting]] at a young age, having earned the highest rank of [[Eagle Scout]].<ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lloyd_bentsen.html Lloyd Bentsen Quotes]</ref>
==Attacking Quayle==
==Attacking Quayle==
Quayle responded simply that Bentsen's attack was "uncalled for," which Bentsen countered by blaming Quayle for bringing up the comparison in the first place. Quayle later admitted that his answer was inadequate to the challenge.
Quayle responded simply that Bentsen's attack was "uncalled for," which Bentsen countered by blaming Quayle for bringing up the comparison in the first place. Quayle later admitted that his answer was inadequate to the challenge.
Coincidentally, Bentsen ran for vice president with presidential nominee [[Michael Dukakis]] of [[Massachusetts]]. Dukakis lost the race to [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], whom Bentsen had defeated for the U.S. Senate in 1970. Dukakis supposedly had sought to resurrect the successful [[Boston]]-[[Austin]] connection of the 1960 presidential election. And Bill Clinton who named Bentsen to his [[Cabinet]] had unseated the same George Bush whom Bentsen had defeated twenty-three years earlier.
Coincidentally, Bentsen ran for vice president with presidential nominee [[Michael Dukakis]] of [[Massachusetts]]. Dukakis lost the race to [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], whom Bentsen had defeated for the U.S. Senate in 19, after Bentsen toppled incumbent liberal senator, [[Ralph Yarborough]] in the [[primary]] election. Dukakis supposedly had sought to resurrect the successful [[Boston]]-[[Austin]] connection of the 1960 presidential election. And Bill Clinton who named Bentsen to his [[Cabinet]] had unseated the same George Bush whom Bentsen had defeated twenty-three years earlier.
Bentsen was a decorated [[World War II]] combat veteran, serving in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces. He was shot down in a bomber raid and rescued.
Bentsen was a decorated [[World War II]] combat veteran, serving in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces. He was shot down in a bomber raid and rescued.
In his memoir, Clinton uses the condescending and disparaging language, "A pro-[[business]] Democrat who still cares for ordinary people" in reference to Bensten, who was considered moderate on economic issues but a [[liberal]] on social policy.<ref>[[Bill Clinton]], ''My Life'' ([[New York City]]: Knopf, 2004), p. 451.</ref>
In his memoir, Clinton uses the condescending and disparaging language, "A pro-[[business]] Democrat who still cares for ordinary people" in reference to Bensten, who was considered moderate on economic issues but a [[liberal]] on social policy.<ref>[[Bill Clinton]], ''My Life'' ([[New York City]]: Knopf, 2004), p. 451.</ref>
From 1971 until 1985, Bentsen served in the Senate alongside the [[Moderate Republican]] Senator [[John Tower]].
==External links==
==External links==