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  1. Air Medal (4) George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election . McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he became a renowned debater.

  2. Oct 21, 2012 · George McGovern in 1973. US liberal icon George McGovern, who has died at the age of 90 in a South Dakota hospice, was the Democratic nominee who ran unsuccessfully against President Richard Nixon ...

  3. George McGovern (born July 19, 1922, Avon, South Dakota, U.S.—died October 21, 2012, Sioux Falls, South Dakota) was an American politician who was an unsuccessful reformist Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1972. He campaigned on a platform advocating an immediate end to the Vietnam War and for a broad program of liberal social ...

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  4. Oct 21, 2012 · George McGovern was a decorated World War II bomber pilot. In a statement, McGovern's family said the former senator died on Sunday morning. "We are blessed to know that our father lived a long ...

  5. Oct 21, 2012 · George Stanley McGovern was born on July 19, 1922, in a parsonage in Avon, S.D., a town of about 600 people where his father, Joseph, was the pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. A ...

  6. Oct 21, 2012 · George Stanley McGovern was bomber pilot who flew 35 combat missions in World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. He became a history and political science professor after the war and ...

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  8. Oct 21, 2012 · George McGovern's political career —. Former Sen. George McGovern, 90, died on Sunday morning. McGovern was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972. He ran against incumbent Richard Nixon ...