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Thomas Eagleton, the Glossary

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.^[1]

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1972 United States vice-presidential candidates
Candidates in the 1984 United States presidential election
Dakota Wesleyan University people
Democratic Party United States senators from Missouri
Lieutenant Governors of Missouri
Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School alumni
Missouri attorneys general
Saint Louis University School of Law faculty

Abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

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Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bachelor of Laws

A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.

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Bipolar II disorder

Bipolar II disorder (BP-II) is a mood disorder on the bipolar spectrum, characterized by at least one episode of hypomania and at least one episode of major depression.

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Bob Shrum

Robert M. "Bob" Shrum (born July 21, 1943) is the director of the Center for the Political Future and the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California, where he is a professor of political science in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

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Carl Albert

Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1947 to 1977.

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Ceremonial first pitch

The ceremonial first pitch is a longstanding ritual of baseball in which a guest of honor throws a ball to mark the end of pregame festivities and the start of the game.

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Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology is a group of interconnected corporate entities and other organizations devoted to the practice, administration and dissemination of Scientology, which is variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement.

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Claire McCaskill

Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American former politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007. Thomas Eagleton and Claire McCaskill are Catholics from Missouri and Democratic Party United States senators from Missouri.

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Classes of United States senators

The 100 seats in the United States Senate are divided into 3 classes to determine which seats will be up for election in any 2-year cycle, with only 1 class being up for election at a time.

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Clean Air Act (United States)

The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide.

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Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.

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Constitution of the United States

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.

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Constitutional amendment

A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity.

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Cooper–Church Amendment

The Cooper–Church Amendment was introduced in the United States Senate during the Vietnam War.

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Council of Economic Advisers

The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a United States agency within the Executive Office of the President established in 1946, which advises the president of the United States on economic policy.

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Delta Kappa Epsilon

Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ), commonly known as DKE or Deke, is one of the oldest fraternities in the United States, with fifty-six active chapters and five active colonies across North America.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Draft evasion in the Vietnam War

Draft evasion in the Vietnam War was a common practice in the United States and in Australia.

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Edmund Muskie

Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. Thomas Eagleton and Edmund Muskie are Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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Edward V. Long

Edward Vaughn Long (July 18, 1908November 6, 1972) was a United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Democratic Party. Thomas Eagleton and Edward V. Long are Democratic Party United States senators from Missouri, lieutenant Governors of Missouri and politicians from St. Louis.

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Electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or electroshock therapy (EST) is a psychiatric treatment where a generalized seizure (without muscular convulsions) is electrically induced to manage refractory mental disorders.

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Frank Church

Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer.

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Frederick K. Goodwin

Frederick King Goodwin (April 21, 1936 – September 10, 2020) was an American psychiatrist and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center, where he was also director of the Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress, and Society.

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Gaylord Nelson

Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor.

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Gene McNary

Gene McNary (born September 14, 1935) is an American politician.

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George McGovern

George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. Thomas Eagleton and George McGovern are candidates in the 1984 United States presidential election.

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

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Hale Boggs

Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Harriett Woods

Ruth Harriett Woods (June 2, 1927 – February 8, 2007) was an American politician and activist, two-time Democratic nominee for the United States Senate from Missouri, and the 42nd lieutenant governor of Missouri. Thomas Eagleton and Harriett Woods are lieutenant Governors of Missouri.

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Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hilary A. Bush

Hilary Ashby Bush (June 21, 1905 – May 20, 1992) was a Democratic Party politician who was Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor in the 1940s and 1950s, and the 37th lieutenant governor from 1961 to 1965, serving under Governor John M. Dalton. Thomas Eagleton and Hilary A. Bush are lieutenant Governors of Missouri and Missouri Democrats.

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Human Life Amendment

The Human Life Amendment is the name of multiple proposals to amend the United States Constitution that would have the effect of overturning the Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, which ruled that prohibitions against abortion were unconstitutional.

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Jim Talent

James Matthes Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician who was a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. Thomas Eagleton and Jim Talent are American legal scholars and Washington University in St. Louis faculty.

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John Ashcroft

John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the United States Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. Thomas Eagleton and John Ashcroft are Missouri attorneys general.

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John Brademas

Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana.

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John Danforth

John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. Thomas Eagleton and John Danforth are mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School alumni, Missouri attorneys general and politicians from St. Louis.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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John L. May

John Lawrence May (March 31, 1922 – March 24, 1994) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church.

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John M. Dalton

John Montgomery Dalton (November 9, 1900 – July 7, 1972) was an American attorney and Democratic politician from the state of Missouri. Thomas Eagleton and John M. Dalton are Missouri attorneys general.

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John Melcher

John David Melcher (September 6, 1924 – April 12, 2018) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana for four terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and as a United States Senator for two terms from 1977 until 1989.

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Kit Bond

Christopher Samuel Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. Thomas Eagleton and Kit Bond are politicians from St. Louis.

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Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States

In the United States, the non-medical use of cannabis is legalized in 24 states (plus Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia) and decriminalized in 7 states, as of November 2023.

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Leonor Sullivan

Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. Thomas Eagleton and Leonor Sullivan are politicians from St. Louis.

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Lieutenant Governor of Missouri

The lieutenant governor of Missouri is the first person in the order of succession of the U.S. state of Missouri's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of the governor of Missouri. Thomas Eagleton and lieutenant Governor of Missouri are lieutenant Governors of Missouri.

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List of attorneys general of Missouri

The individuals listed below have all served in the position of Missouri Attorney General. Thomas Eagleton and list of attorneys general of Missouri are Missouri attorneys general.

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List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets

This is a list of American electoral candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the modern Democratic Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Thomas Eagleton and list of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets are Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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List of United States senators from Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821.

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Lloyd Bentsen

Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. Thomas Eagleton and Lloyd Bentsen are Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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LSD

Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German Lysergsäure-diethylamid), and known colloquially as acid or lucy, is a potent psychedelic drug.

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Martha Griffiths

Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954.

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Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School

MICDS (Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School) is a secular, co-educational, independent school home to more than 1,250 students ranging from grades Junior Kindergarten through 12.

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Meet the Press

Meet the Press is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC.

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Mike Mansfield

Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977.

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Missouri

Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Missouri Attorney General

The Office of the Missouri Attorney General was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Thomas Eagleton and Missouri Attorney General are Missouri attorneys general.

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Murray Weidenbaum

Murray Lew Weidenbaum (February 10, 1927 – March 20, 2014), was an American economist and author. Thomas Eagleton and Murray Weidenbaum are Washington University in St. Louis faculty.

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Norman H. Anderson (politician)

Norman H. Anderson (March 2, 1924 – June 16, 1997) was an American politician. Thomas Eagleton and Norman H. Anderson (politician) are Missouri attorneys general.

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Office of Economic Opportunity

The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) was the agency responsible for administering most of the War on Poverty programs created as part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society legislative agenda.

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Paul Hendrickson

Paul Hendrickson (born April 29, 1944) is an American author, journalist, and professor.

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Peace Corps

The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance.

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Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII (Ioannes XXIII; Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963.

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Ralph Metcalfe

Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician.

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Response to the State of the Union address

In American politics, the response to the State of the Union address is a rebuttal speech, often brief, delivered by a representative (or representatives) of an opposition party following a presidential State of the Union address.

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Robert Novak

Robert David Sanders Novak (February 26, 1931 – August 18, 2009) was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator.

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Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973),.

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Sargent Shriver

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. Thomas Eagleton and Sargent Shriver are 1972 United States vice-presidential candidates and Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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St. Louis

St.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St.

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St. Louis Walk of Fame

The St.

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States' rights

In American political discourse, states' rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.

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Stem cell controversy

The stem cell controversy concerns the ethics of research involving the development and use of human embryos.

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Stuart Symington

William Stuart Symington III (June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. Thomas Eagleton and Stuart Symington are Democratic Party United States senators from Missouri and Missouri Democrats.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Thomas B. Curtis

Thomas Bradford Curtis (May 14, 1911 – January 10, 1993) was an American Republican politician from Missouri who represented suburban St. Louis County, Missouri for nine terms from 1951 to 1969.

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Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse

The Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse is the largest single courthouse in the United States.

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Thompson Coburn

Thompson Coburn LLP is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Southern Illinois, St. Louis, Birmingham, Ala., and Washington, D.C. The firm has been especially active in the field of product liability.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (in case citations, 8th Cir.) is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 21 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending legislation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton

Also known as Eagleton, Thomas, Elizabeth Eagleton Weigand, Stephen Poludniak, Thomas F. Eagleton, Thomas Francis Eagleton, Tom Eagleton.

, List of United States senators from Missouri, Lloyd Bentsen, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Times, LSD, Martha Griffiths, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, Meet the Press, Mike Mansfield, Missouri, Missouri Attorney General, Murray Weidenbaum, Norman H. Anderson (politician), Office of Economic Opportunity, Paul Hendrickson, Peace Corps, Pope John XXIII, Ralph Metcalfe, Response to the State of the Union address, Robert Novak, Roe v. Wade, Sargent Shriver, St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Walk of Fame, States' rights, Stem cell controversy, Stuart Symington, Supreme Court of the United States, The Washington Post, Thomas B. Curtis, Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, Thompson Coburn, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Vietnam War, Warren E. Hearnes, What's My Line?, William Hathaway, William Proxmire, William S. Morris, 1964 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1968 United States Senate election in Missouri, 1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1972 United States presidential election, 1974 United States Senate election in Missouri, 1980 United States Senate election in Missouri, 1985 World Series, 1986 United States Senate election in Missouri, 2006 Missouri Amendment 2, 2006 United States Senate election in Missouri.

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See also

1972 United States vice-presidential candidates

Candidates in the 1984 United States presidential election

Dakota Wesleyan University people

Democratic Party United States senators from Missouri

Lieutenant Governors of Missouri

Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School alumni

Missouri attorneys general

Saint Louis University School of Law faculty

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