Born July 19, 1922. Died October 21, 2012 at age 90.
Born on this day in 1922, George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat and historian from South Dakota. He served in the U.S. House (1957–1961) and as a U.S. Senator (1963–1981) and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1972.
A World War II B-24 pilot decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, McGovern led reforms to the presidential nominating process and devoted much of his career to hunger and nutrition policy, serving as Food for Peace director and later in UN food agencies.
William Scranton (1917–2013) was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania (1963–1967), U.S. Representative, and later U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1976–1977).
Frederic T. Greenhalge (1842–1896) served in the U.S. House and was elected governor of Massachusetts, becoming the state's first foreign-born governor.
Born July 19, 1924. Died October 4, 2005 at age 81.
Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005) was governor of Wyoming (1967–1975) and served briefly as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald Ford in 1975.
