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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MinnesotaEugene Joseph McCARTHY
(1916-2005)
Senate Years of Service:
1959-1971Party: DemocratMcCARTHY, Eugene Joseph, a
Representative and a Senator from Minnesota; born in Watkins,
Meeker County, Minn., March 29, 1916; attended St. Anthony Catholic
School in Watkins, Minn., and St. John’s Preparatory High
School in Collegeville, Minn.; graduated from St. John’s
University, Collegeville, Minn., in 1935, and from the University
of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1939; taught in the public high
schools of Minnesota and North Dakota 1935-1940; professor of
economics and education at St. John’s University 1940-1943;
civilian technical assistant in the Military Intelligence Division
of the War Department in 1944; instructor in sociology and
economics at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn., 1946-1949;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the four
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1959); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1958; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and served from
January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1971; was not a candidate for
reelection to the Senate in 1970; unsuccessful candidate for
election to the Senate in 1982; unsuccessful candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1968,
1972, and 1992; was a resident of Woodville, Va., from 1978 until
his death on December 10, 2005; interment in Woodville, Va.
Bibliography
Eisele, Albert. Almost to the Presidency: A Biography of Two
American Politicians. Blue Earth, Minn.: Piper Company, 1972;
McCarthy, Eugene. The Year of the People. New York:
Doubleday, 1969.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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