Thomas F. Eagleton

A Senator from Missouri. Born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo. , September 4, 1929. Enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1948 to 1949. Graduated, Amherst College 1950. Graduated, Harvard Law School 1953. Elected circuit attorney of St. Louis, Mo. , 1956. Elected attorney general of Missouri 1960. Elected lieutenant governor of Missouri 1964. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1969. Subsequently appointed December 28, 1968, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward V. Long for the term ending January 3, 1969. Reelected in 1974 and 1980, and served from December 28, 1968, to January 3, 1987. Unsuccessful Democratic vice-presidential candidate 1972. Lawyer. Was a resident of St. Louis, Mo. , until his death on March 4, 2007. Willed body to Washington University for medical research purposes.