SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential ...

Robert F. Kennedy said that, of all his colleagues in the US Senate, "The person who has the most feeling and does things in the most genuine way is George McGovern ." One of the first Senators to ...

This Sept. 11, 2012 photo shows former Sen. George McGovern, 90, in Sioux Falls, S.D. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic ...

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, a liberal Democrat and fierce opponent of the Vietnam War whose 1972 presidential race against Richard Nixon led to one of the worst electoral defeats ...

George McGovern’s death Sunday marked the departure of a remarkably influential figure in American national politics. Though remembered largely for his landslide defeat to Richard M. Nixon in the 1972 ...

George McGovern’s failed presidential bid against Richard Nixon in 1972 made him the favored liberal punching bag of establishment politicians and beltway pundits, as well as a symbol of Democratic ...

(KATV) A longtime friend of former President BillClinton died Sunday in South Dakota. Senator George McGovern ran for presidentin 1972, losing to Richard Nixon. The Clintons say in a statement ...

Delegates to the Republican National Convention make noise as President Nixon is announced as their candidate for reelection in 1972. Miami Herald File In the summer of 1972, Miami Beach hosted both ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. When former U.S. Senator George McGovern died in late October, he was valorized as the rare decent man working in a business of ...