"Text of Address by McGovern Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination"
Speech
By: George S. McGovern
Date: July 14, 1972
Source: McGovern, George S. "Text of Address by McGovern Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination." The New York Times, July 14, 1972, 11.
About the Author: George S. McGovern (1922–) briefly pursued an academic career before winning a Congressional seat from South Dakota in 1956. The Democrat was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, and he remained in that body until his retirement from politics in 1980. In 1972, he won the Democratic nomination for the presidency, but was defeated by President Richard R. Nixon (served 1969–1974) in the election. McGovern remained a respected public figure in his retirement in the 1990s, serving as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies on Food and Agriculture, where he was recognized as one of the world's leading experts on the issue of world hunger.
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