George McGovern

Biography

George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives for two terms representing South Dakota's 1st congressional district from 1957 to 1961, the director of Food for Peace in 1961 and 1962 under John F. Kennedy, and a member of the United States Senate from for three terms from 1963 to 1981, and was the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 U.S. presidential election.