HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who briefly was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1972, was in critical condition at a St. Louis hospital Saturday, the state Democratic ...

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It’s impossible not to feel sympathy and admiration for Sen. John Fetterman, who disclosed that he checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this week to be treated for clinical ...

ST. LOUIS -- Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as George McGovern's vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday. Eagleton, ...

ST. LOUIS — Sitting in the coffee shop of the Las Vegas Desert Inn one morning in February 1958, Thomas Eagleton, one of the youngest prosecutors in the country and already a rising political star, ...

After President Joe Biden’s recent dismal debate performance, concerns have emerged from both current and former aides about his health and leadership capabilities. The White House attributed Mr.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as a vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday, according to the office ...

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In late July 1972, shortly after the Democratic National Convention, it was revealed that George McGovern’s vice-presidential running mate, Thomas Eagleton, had been hospitalized in the 1960s for ...

In 1972, Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern chose the young senator as his running mate. Just 18 days later, Eagleton was forced to... Sometime before the end of the month, when ...