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'''Eugene McCarthy''' (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a [[liberal]] U.S. Senator from [[Minnesota]] who ran for the [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1968.   

'''Eugene McCarthy''' (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a liberal U.S. Senator from [[Minnesota]] who ran for the [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1968.  He was more a poet than a politician and angered his hyperearnest supporters by his nonchalance.

==1968 election==

==1968 election==

He did not win the [[New Hampshire]] primary but made a very strong showing (42% McCarthy to 49% Johnson) against incumbent [[liberal]] President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], prompting Johnson to go onto national [[television]] to announce he was dropping out of the race.  [[Robert Kennedy]] then entered the race.  McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination, until Kennedy's [[assassination]].  The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to [[Hubert Humphrey]], who ultimately won the nomination at the party convention in [[Chicago]] which was infamous for [[leftist]] student agitators rioting in the Chicago streets during the convention.   

He did not win the [[New Hampshire]] primary but made a very strong showing (42% McCarthy to 49% Johnson) against incumbent liberal] President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], prompting Johnson to announce he was dropping out of the race.  [[Robert Kennedy]] then entered the race.  McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in California.  That very night Kennedy was assassination.   

 

The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to [[Hubert Humphrey]], who ultimately won the nomination at the party convention in Chicago which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the Chicago streets during the convention.   

 

==Other elections==

==Other elections==

[[Category:Former United States Senators]]

[[Category:Former United States Senators]]

[[Category:Democratic Party]]

[[Category:Democratic Party]]