Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Eugene Joseph `` Gene '' McCarthy ( March 29 , 1916 - December 10 , 2005 ) was an American politician , poet , and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota .
Simplified: Eugene Joseph `` Gene '' McCarthy ( March 29 , 1916 â `` December 10 , 2005 ) was a United States senator from Minnesota .