Former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy dies

December 10, 2005

, a Democratic Senator from Minnesota from 1959&ndasp;1971, has died at the age of 89 in, his son announced.

McCarthy ran for President of the United States a total of five times, the latest in the. In 1968 he ran against incumbent, who later withdrew his bid for a second term (Johnson was inaugurated following the assassination of , and later won the presidential bid for 1964).

"He was thoughtful and he was principled and he was compassionate and he had a good sense of humor," his son said.