Thomas Eagleton

Thomas Eagleton
Official portrait, 1967
United States Senator
from Missouri
In office
December 28, 1968 – January 3, 1987
Preceded byEdward V. Long
Succeeded byKit Bond
38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
In office
January 11, 1965 – December 27, 1968
GovernorWarren E. Hearnes
Preceded byHilary A. Bush
Succeeded byWilliam S. Morris
35th Attorney General of Missouri
In office
January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965
GovernorJohn M. Dalton
Preceded byJohn M. Dalton
Succeeded byNorman H. Anderson
Personal details
Born
Thomas Francis Eagleton

(1929-09-04)September 4, 1929
St. Louis, Missouri, US
DiedMarch 4, 2007(2007-03-04) (aged 77)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Barbara Ann Smith
(m. 1956)
Children2
EducationAmherst College (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1947–1949

Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. He suffered from bouts of depression throughout his life, resulting in several hospitalizations, which were kept secret from the public. When they were revealed, it humiliated the McGovern campaign, and Eagleton was forced to quit the race. He later became adjunct professor of public affairs at Washington University in St. Louis.