| Eugene McCarthy  AKA Eugene Joseph McCarthy
Born: 29-Mar-1916
Birthplace: Watkins, MN
Died: 10-Dec-2005
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, VA
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic [1] Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71
[1] Democratic-Farmer-Labor.
Father: Michael J. McCarthy (b. 1875)
Mother: Anna Baden
Sister: Mildred
Sister: Marian
Brother: Austin
Wife: Abigail Quigley (m. 1945, separated 1968, d. 1-Feb-2001, one son, three daughters)
High School: St. John's Preparatory School, Collegeville, MN (1932)
University: BA, St. John's University Collegeville, MN (1935)
University: MA Sociology, University of Minnesota (1939)
Teacher: (high school)
Professor: St. John's University Collegeville, MN (1940-43)
Professor: St. Thomas College, St. Paul, MN (1946-49)
Professor: Political Science, New School for Social Research (1973-74)
US Senator, Minnesota (3-Jan-1959 to 3-Jan-1971)
US Congressman, Minnesota 4th (3-Jan-1949 to 3-Jan-1959)
Caring Institute Board of Trustees (Honorary)
US English Advisory Board
Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity
Americans for Democratic Action
Federation for American Immigration Reform Board of Advisors
Crisis
Draft Deferment: World War II 4-F
Funeral: Martin Luther King (1968)
Traveled to the USSR Jan-1970
Secret Service Codename Instructor
German Ancestry Maternal
Irish Ancestry Paternal
Is the subject of books:
Eugene McCarthy: The Rise and Fall of Postwar American Liberalism, 2004
Author of books:
Parting Shots From My Brittle Bow: Reflections on American Politics and Life (2004, memoir)
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