Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton.
Official portrait, 1993
Bentsen as a U.S. Representative
Official portrait, 1984
Lloyd Bentsen at signing the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
1988 United States presidential election
The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated the Democratic Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.
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The incumbent in 1988, Ronald Reagan. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1989.
Michael Dukakis at the 1988 Democratic Convention