George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian, author, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.
George McGovern, a Democratic Party politician from South Dakota, was first elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent South Dakota's 1st congressional district in 1956.
 He was re-elected in 1958, before making an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate in 1960 against Republican incumbent Karl Earl Mundt.
 After serving in the John F. Kennedy administration as director of the Food for Peace program, McGovern ran again for the Senate and narrowly prevailed over appointed Senator Joseph H. Bottum.
 In 1968, McGovern unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention and was re-elected to the Senate over former Governor of South Dakota Archie M. Gubbrud.
 In 1972, McGovern was successful in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but lost the election in a landslide to incumbent President Richard Nixon.
 McGovern was re-elected to the Senate in 1974 over Vietnam War veteran Leo K. Thorsness, but lost re-election in 1980 to then-U.S. Representative James Abdnor.
 McGovern made a final unsuccessful run for president in United States presidential election, 1984.
Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996.
 He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 presidential election and the party's vice presidential nominee in the 1976 presidential election.
Eleanor Fay Stegeberg McGovern (November 25, 1921 – January 25, 2007) was the wife of George McGovern, who served as a U.S. Senator from South Dakota from 1963–1981, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1972.
Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician.
 He served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954.
 In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for President.
 He lost the 1944 election to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections.
 He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history.
 Dewey played a large role in winning the Republican presidential nomination for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, and helped Eisenhower win the presidential election that year.
 He also played a large part in the choice of Richard M. Nixon as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.
Electoral history of Bob Dole, United States Senator from Kansas (1969–1996), Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996), Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995), 1976 Republican Party Vice Presidential nominee and 1996 Presidential nominee.
Thomas Francis "Tom" Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968 to 1987.
 He is best remembered for briefly being the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972.
 He suffered from bouts of depression throughout his life, resulting in several hospitalizations, which were kept secret from the public.
 When they were revealed it humiliated the McGovern campaign and Eagleton was forced to quit the race.
 He later became adjunct professor of public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis.
In 1884, the Democrats gathered in Chicago for their National Convention.
 The leading candidate for the presidential nomination was New York Governor Grover Cleveland.
 Cleveland's reputation for good government made him a national figure.
 The Republican Party nominated James G. Blaine for president in 1884, although he had been implicated in a financial scandal.
 Many influential Republicans were outraged, thought the time had come for a national reform administration and withdrew from the convention.
 These Republicans are called mugwumps, and declared that they would vote for the Democratic candidate based on his integrity.
 The Democrats made Cleveland their presidential nominee with the former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana as the vice presidential nominee.
This debate featured U.S. Senator Walter Mondale from Minnesota, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and U.S. Senator Bob Dole from Kansas, the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Frank Edward McEnulty (born 1956) is an American businessperson and politician.
 In the 2008 presidential election, he was the vice presidential nominee of the Reform Party of the United States of America, and the presidential nominee of the New American Independent Party.
 His running mate for the latter was Bobby Klingler.
 In total, he received 833 votes in the presidential election for his presidential candidacy and 481 for his vice-presidential candidacy.
 

Question: Eleanor McGovern was the wife of the Senator who was the presidential nominee in what year
Answer: 1972