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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriEAGLETON, Thomas Francis
(1929—2007)
Senate Years of Service:
1968-1987
Party:
Democrat
EAGLETON, Thomas Francis, a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., September 4, 1929; enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1948 to 1949; graduated, Amherst College 1950; graduated, Harvard Law School 1953; elected circuit attorney of St. Louis, Mo., 1956; elected attorney general of Missouri 1960; elected lieutenant governor of Missouri 1964; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1969; subsequently appointed December 28, 1968, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward V. Long for the term ending January 3, 1969; reelected in 1974 and 1980, and served from December 28, 1968, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful Democratic vice-presidential candidate 1972; lawyer; is a resident of St. Louis, Mo.
Bibliography
Eagleton, Thomas. Our Constitution and What It Means
. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987; Eagleton, Thomas. War and Presidential Power
. New York: Liveright, 1974.
Eagleton, Thomas F. “Congress and the War Powers.” Missouri Law Review
37 (Winter 1972): 1-32.
___. Issues in Business and Government
. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991.
___. War and Presidential Power: A Chronicle of Congressional Surrender
. New York: Liveright, 1974.
Kottmeyer, William, and Thomas F. Eagleton. Our Constitution and What It Means
. 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill Book Co., School Division, 1987.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Tributes to the Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton in the United States Senate, Upon the Occasion of His Retirement from the Senate
. 99th Cong., 2d sess., 1986. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1987.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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