Eugene McCarthy was born March 29, 1916 in Watkins, graduated from Saint John's University and received his masters at the University of Minnesota before his 22-year political career in Washington.

Eugene McCarthy, the Minnesota senator who provided a voice in Washington for those opposed to the Vietnam War, died Saturday at the age of 89. Following a background report, a presidential ...

Eugene McCarthy challenged President Lyndon B. Johnson for the 1968 Democratic nomination during growing debate over the Vietnam War. The challenge led to Johnson's withdrawal from the race.

Eugene McCarthy was born in 1916 in the small central Minnesota community of Watkins. A scholarly boy and talented athlete, he attended nearby St. Johns University, embracing the Catholic social ...

When Senator Eugene McCarthy died in December, obituary writers and columnists revisited his 1968 presidential campaign, his poetry and his quirky political afterlife. In Minnesota they remembered his ...

The death December 10 of former senator and US presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy provides an occasion for reviewing one of the most important chapters in recent American history—the ...

Eric Black Ink Eugene McCarthy, reconsidered by Eric Black 01/27/2017 ... Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Sen. Eugene McCarthy speaking at St. John’s ...

From the window of his campaign head-quarters on the 23rd floor of the hotel, Sen. Eugene McCarthy watched, horrified. “It’s incredible,” he said. “Like a Brueghel.” Classic McCarthy.

On this day in 1968, Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy -- with just a week to go before the election -- finally endorses his one-time rival, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, for president.

Eugene McCarthy challenged President Lyndon B. Johnson for the 1968 Democratic nomination during growing debate over the Vietnam War. The challenge led to Johnson's withdrawal from the race.