Thomas Eagleton

Thomas Francis Eagleton (1929 - 2007) was a American, member of the democratic party, senator of the Missouri of 1968 with 1987 and transitory Politician democratic Candidat with the vice-presidency of the United States of the July 13rd at August 1st 1972 at the side of George McGovern. It must be withdrawn 15 days after its nomination and yield its place to Sargent Shriver after the press revealed its stays with three recoveries in a psychiatric hospital.

Biography

Thomas Eagleton is the son of Mark D. Eagleton, a politician of Missouri which was candidate with the town hall of St Louis.

After two years passed in the US Navy, it carries out studies of Droit to Harvard.

In 1956, it marries Barbara Ann Smith with whom it will have a son, Terence, born in 1959, and a girl, Christin, born in 1960.

It is as in 1956 as he is elected Attorney town of St Louis.

In 1960, only 31 years old, it is elected Attorney General of the state.

In 1964, it is elected lieutenant-governor of Missouri then Senator of Missouri to the Congrès of the United States in 1968. During this period, between 1960 and 1966, he is hospitalized with three recoveries in an psychiatric institution and treaty by electric shocks.

Opposed to the War of Vietnam and fellow candidate of George McGovern, democratic candidate with the presidential election of 1972, the revelation in the newspapers of his stays in psychiatric hospital and the rumors concerning his alcoholism obliges McGovern to replace them by Sargent Shriver as of on August 1st, 1972.

Eagleton is still re-elected thereafter with the Senate in 1974 and 1980 then withdraws national political life in 1986.

In 1987, Eagleton becomes again prosecutor with St Louis and starts a career of political commentator and professor of public Droit to the Washington university of St Louis.

In January 2001, it is opposed without success with other democratic elected officials of Missouri to the nomination of the former governor of Missouri, John Ashcroft, at the station of Attorney General of the United States in the government of George W. Bush.

Thomas Eagleton dies the March 4th 2007 of respiratory complications following a cardiac disorder. Although Catholic, it made gift of its body to science.

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