Biography
George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, first as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing South Dakota's 1st congressional district from 1957 to 1961, and then as a United States Senator from 1963 to 1981. McGovern also served as the director of Food for Peace in 1961 and 1962 under President John F. Kennedy. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.
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Awards & recognition
- World Food Prize · 2008
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2000
- Gandhi Peace Award · 1991
- Air Medal
- Distinguished Flying Cross
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- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want
Filmography10 titles
The Seventies
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Saturday Night Live
The Dick Cavett Show
Imminent Threat
1971
The Martha Mitchell Effect
FAT: A Documentary
Our Nixon
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity