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Eugene McCarthy, in full Eugene Joseph McCarthy, also called Eugene J. McCarthy, (born March 29, 1916, Watkins, Minnesota, U.S.—died December 10, 2005, Washington, D.C.), U.S. senator, whose entry into the 1968 race for the Democratic presidential nomination ultimately led President Lyndon B. Johnson to drop his bid for reelection.

McCarthy entered politics in 1948, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor ticket. Handsome and highly intelligent, over the next ten years...

Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005) was an American politician, presidential candidate and critic of the Vietnam War. His opposition to the war split the Democratic party and helped end the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Born in rural Minnesota, the son of a postmaster, McCarthy was educated in Catholic schools and proved an excellent student ...

Eugene McCarthy was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1948 as a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. He served five terms before winning a seat in the United States Senate in 1958. His speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in support of Adlai Stevenson placed him on the national stage.

Senator McCarthy discusses Ronald Reagan's Presidency, Presidential term limits, the Cold War, and the Military-Industrial Complex. McCarthy was critical of President Reagan’s action in Nicaragua. To avoid issues like this, McCarthy suggests amending the two-term limitation on presidential services.

Senator Eugene J. McCarthy addressing a group of business executives at Orchestra Hall during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Credit... Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Eugene McCarthy was an American politician who served as the United States Senator from Minnesota for several years. He is best remembered for being the first candidate to challenge incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 1968 presidential election which eventually led to Johnson's ...

Former Democratic Sen. Eugene McCarthy, one of Minnesota's and the country's most influential political figures of the last century, has died. He was 89. McCarthy's opposition to the Vietnam War became his platform for an unsuccessful 1968 bid to win his party's presidential nomination.