Eugene McCarthy
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy was an American politician, writer, and academic who represented Minnesota in both houses of the United States Congress for over 22 years, first in the U.S. House of Representat
1964 portrait
McCarthy with President John F. Kennedy
Portrait of McCarthy, c. 1965
Campaign poster
Robert F. Kennedy
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Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to
Eugene McCarthy
…for American Immigration Reform. As the 1960s progressed, McCarthy emerged as a prominent opponent of Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War. After Robert F. Kennedy declined the request of a group of antiwar Democrats to challenge Johnson in the 1968 Democratic primaries, McCarthy entered the race on an antiwar…
Kennedy in 1964
Ambassador Joseph Kennedy Sr. visits his sons (Robert, second from right) in Boston c. 1939.
Kennedy in the Harvard University yearbook, 1948
Kennedy (with sisters Eunice and Jean) holding a football at the family's Massachusetts home, c. November 1948