Eugene McCarthy , a Democratic senator from Minnesota from 1959-1971  , has died at the age of 89 in Washington, D.C., his son announced. McCarthy ran for President of the United States a total of five times, the latest in the 1992 US Presidential Election . In 1968 he ran against incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson , who later withdrew his bid for a second term (Johnson was inaugurated following the assassination of John F. Kennedy , and later won the presidential bid for 1964).
 , a Democratic Senator from Minnesota from 1959 ndasp;1971 , has died at the age of 89 in , his son announced. McCarthy ran for President of the United States a total of five times, the latest in the . In 1968 he ran against incumbent , who later withdrew his bid for a second term (Johnson was inaugurated following the assassination of , and later won the presidential bid for 1964).
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Eugene McCarthy
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1959-1971
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Washington, D.C.,
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1992 US Presidential Election
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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John F. Kennedy