In this photo from July 24, 2010, former U.S. senator George McGovern speaks in Columbus, Neb. McGovern, whose anti-Vietnam War stance in his 1972 presidential race against Richard Nixon led to one of ...

SCRAPBOOK – George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972, spoke to a crowd estimated at 7,000 at East Capitol Park on Thursday, Sept. 14, 1972. The speech in downtown Albany was cut ...

VERMILLION, S.D. n The University of South Dakota will honor Sen. George McGovern during its 121st Spring Commencement ceremonies on Saturday. McGovern will be presented with a Doctor of Public ...

In the history of lost causes, the figure of George McGovern casts a poignant shadow. His run for the White House in 1972 ended in one of the biggest electoral defeats in American presidential history ...

"I sure hope that no one breaks into my office this time." --Former South Dakota Senator George McGovern, as quoted by The Reliable Source, on his law firm moving its Washington D.C. offices into the ...