The Thomas Eagleton Affair Haunts Candidates Today In 1972, Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern chose the young senator as his running mate. Just 18 days later, ...

Thomas F. Eagleton, the former U.S. senator from Missouri who was forced to withdraw as the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee in 1972 after admitting that he had been hospitalized for ...

The Thomas Eagleton Precedent for Democrats. George McGovern changed running mates in 1972 for mental-health reasons, but the ticket still lost big. By . Joshua M. Glasser. Share. Resize.