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George McGovern with his new Senate colleague, James Abourezk of South Dakota. Abourezk, the first Arab-American to serve in Congress, was notable for having one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate, according to the ADA.

Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern at a campaign wrap up rally in Hazel Park, Michigan, held in late October of 1972.

President John F. Kennedy in the White House with Special Assistant to the President and director of Food for Peace, George McGovern.

McGovern and Muskie at a joint campaign event in North Bergen, New Jersey

George McGovern and Lyndon Johnson (third and fourth from the left), at a White House reception hosted by Lady Bird Johnson (third from the right).

George McGovern makes his way through a friendly crowd as he departs the LeSalle hotel in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic National Convention

As a Representative, George McGovern was renowned for his constituent services as South Dakota's first district congressman. Here, his son Steven watches his father handle one of the many telephone calls he receives at home.

In 2002, George McGovern, an early supporter of the EROS Satellite Operation Program, toured and spoke to the employees of the EROS Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

George McGovern poses with the 1953 Dakota Wesleyan University speech and debate team after accepting an award for excellence in coaching

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is shielded from the rain by George McGovern holding an umbrella, while Ted Kennedy stands to his left.

“An enlarged portrait of Sen. George S. McGovern went up in Convention Hall Thursday night shortly before Democrats met to ratify the selection of Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri for vice president.” The Forum — July 14, 1972
A somewhat haunting photo of McGovern in his home office in Mitchell, South Dakota

Congressman George McGovern meets with a farmer constituent to discuss the imperative issue of the day: hog price supports.

It’s a hootenanny now! George McGovern, second from the left, sings alongside Representatives William Hull Jr of Missouri and Paul Rodgers of Florida, and folk singer Bob Gibson

McGovern and Leonard Woodcock, President of the United Auto Workers, are showered with confetti as McGovern was introduced at a rally in Los Angeles sponsored by the Southern California Labor Committee for McGovern/Shriver.

Bill Clinton with his former boss George McGovern, in Mitchell, South Dakota to speak at the dedication of the George and Eleanor McGovern Library

George McGovern, serving as director of the Food for Peace program, visits a classroom in Cairo, Egypt to observe their school lunch program.
