McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005, Campaign Posters, 1964.
Abstract
This collection consists of two campaign posters from Eugene McCarthy’s 1964 campaign for reelection to the United States Senate. McCarthy, a U.S. Senator from Minnesota, won reelection in the 1964 campaign. One of the posters features a picture of McCarthy.
Dates
- 1964
Biographical / Historical
Eugene J. McCarthy was born in 1916, in Watkins, Minnesota. He graduated from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota in 1935, and from the University of Minnesota in 1939. He taught in public high schools, at St. John’s University, and at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul. McCarthy served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota’s Fourth District, 1949 – 1959, and as U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1959 – 1971. McCarthy was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 1968.
Extent
1.00 tube
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Minnesota Historical Society donated this collection in December 1970.
- Title
- McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005, Campaign Posters, 1964.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karin Thiem processed this collection
- Date
- 1977-09
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Southern Minnesota Historical Center Repository
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Memorial Library
PO Box 8419
Mankato MN 56002-8419 US
507-389-1029
archives@mnsu.edu
