美国名人励志

Eugene McCarthy was born in nineteen sixteen in the town

of Watkins, Minnesota. His father's parents came from

Ireland. His father bought farm animals and was a

storyteller. His mother raised four children. Eugene

completed a study program at Saint John's University in

Collegeville, Minnesota. He continued his education at the

University of Minnesota. There, he completed study

programs in economics and sociology. Eugene McCarthy

McCarthy taught social sciences in public high schools for a few years. Then he taught

economics, education and sociology at two colleges in Minnesota. He married another teacher, Abigail Quigley. They would later have four children.

VOICE ONE:

During World War Two, Eugene McCarthy worked as a technical aide for a military intelligence office of the War Department. He became active in the Democratic Party after the war. In nineteen forty-eight, he became head of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Ramsey County, Minnesota. That year he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He served five terms.

In nineteen fifty-eight, McCarthy defeated a Republican Party senator and won a seat in the United States Senate. Two years later, he became famous by speaking at the Democratic Party's national nominating convention. He nominated Adlai Stevenson for president. But the Democrats chose John F. Kennedy as their candidate.

In nineteen sixty-four, McCarthy easily won re-election to a second term in the Senate. He served in the Senate for a total of twelve years.

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