Thomas Eagleton
Thomas Eagleton | |
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 Official portrait, 1967 | |
| United States Senator from Missouri | |
| In office December 28, 1968 – January 3, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Edward V. Long |
| Succeeded by | Kit Bond |
| 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | |
| In office January 11, 1965 – December 27, 1968 | |
| Governor | Warren E. Hearnes |
| Preceded by | Hilary A. Bush |
| Succeeded by | William S. Morris |
| 35th Attorney General of Missouri | |
| In office January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965 | |
| Governor | John M. Dalton |
| Preceded by | John M. Dalton |
| Succeeded by | Norman Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Francis Eagleton September 4, 1929 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 2007 (aged 77) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Barbara Smith (m. 1956) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Dominic West (cousin) |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) University of Oxford (attended) Harvard University (LLB) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1947–1949 |
Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. He suffered from bouts of depression throughout his life, resulting in several hospitalizations, which were kept secret from the public. When they were revealed, the McGovern campaign was humiliated, and Eagleton was forced to quit the race. He later became adjunct professor of public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis.