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'''Eugene Joseph McCarthy''' (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a liberal U.S. Senator from [[Minnesota]] who ran for the [[Democratic Party]] presidential nomination in 1968 and 1972.  He was sometimes considered more a poet than a politician and frustrated his hyperearnest supporters with his nonchalance.

'''Eugene Joseph McCarthy''' (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a liberal U.S. Senator from [[Minnesota]] who ran for the [[Democratic Party]] presidential nomination in 1968 and 1972.  He was sometimes considered more a poet than a politician and frustrated his hyperearnest supporters with his nonchalance.

==1968 election==

==1968 election==

McCarthy polled 42 percent of the ballots in the 1968 [[New Hampshire]] primary, compared to 49 percent polled by [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as a write-in candidate. McCarthy's showing prompted his senatorial colleague [[Robert F. Kennedy]] of [[New York]] to enter the race, and soon Johnson decided against seeking a second full term.  McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in [[Nebraska]] and [[California]].  That very night Kennedy was assassinated in [[Los Angeles]].   

McCarthy polled 42 percent of the ballots in the 1968 [[New Hampshire]] primary, compared to 49 percent polled by [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. McCarthy's showing prompted his senatorial colleague [[Robert F. Kennedy]] of [[New York]] to enter the race, and soon Johnson decided against seeking a second full term.  McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in [[Nebraska]] and [[California]].  That very night Kennedy was assassinated in [[Los Angeles]].   

The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], McCarthy's former senatorial colleague from Minnesota. Humphrey, with the liberal [[Edmund Muskie]] of [[Maine]] as his running mate, were nominated at the party convention in [[Chicago]] which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the streets.

The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], McCarthy's former senatorial colleague from Minnesota. Humphrey, with the liberal [[Edmund Muskie]] of [[Maine]] as his running mate, were nominated at the party convention in [[Chicago]] which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the streets.

==Conservative causes==

==Conservative causes==

McCarthy did not seek reelection to the Senate in 1970. In time, he became involved in some [[conservative]] alliances and causes but overall remained a liberal. In addition to his support for Reagan in 1980, he wrote the introduction to the book '''A New Beginning'' that year by [[Libertarian Party]] nominee [[Ed Clark]]. McCarthy supported [[Official English]] and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which seeks to cut both legal and illegal [[immigration]] into the United States.

McCarthy did not seek reelection to the Senate in 1970. In time, he became involved in some [[conservative]] alliances and causes but overall remained a liberal. In addition to his support for Reagan in 1980, he wrote the introduction to the book '''A New Beginning'' that year by [[Libertarian Party]] nominee [[Ed Clark]]. McCarthy supported [[Official English]] and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which seeks to cut both legal and illegal [[immigration]] into the United States.