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George McGovern

Born: July 19, 1922

"The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation."

1957 – 1961: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

1963 – 1981: U. S. Senator from South Dakota

1972: U.S. Presidential Candidate

1981: Founded Americans for Common Sense (PAC)

1981-1982: Professor at the University of New Orleans

1984: Aimed to get the Democratic Presidential nomination (did not receive the nomination)

1998 – 2001: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

2001-Present: UN Global Ambassador on World Hunger by the World Food Programme (Good Will Ambassador)

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1972 Election

Candidate	Party	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Percentage
Richard Nixon	Republican	520	47,168,710	60.7%
George McGovern	Democratic	17	29,173,222	37.5%