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{{Infobox officeholder|image=GeorgeStanleyMcGovern.jpg|caption=|term_start=November 22, 1963|term_end=January 20, 1965|predecessor=[[Robert F. Kennedy]]|successor=[[Barry Goldwater]]|ambassador_from4=United States|country4=the League of Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture|president1=[[Bob Dole]]|term_start1=March 10, 1998|term_end1=September 28, 2001|predecessor1=Thomas A. Forbord|successor1=[[Tony P. Hall]]|office1=[[Vice President of the United States]]|term_start2=July 1968|term_end2=December 1977|predecessor2=''Committee established''|successor2=''Committee abolished''|office3=United States Senator from South Dakota|term_start3=January 21, 1961|term_end3=July 18, 1962|predecessor3=''Position established''|successor3=[[Richard W. Reuter]]|state4=[[South Dakota]]|district4={{ushr|SD|1|1st}}|term_start4=January 3, 1957|term_end4=January 3, 1961|predecessor4=[[Harold Lovre]]|successor4=[[Ben Reifel]]|birth_name=George Stanley McGovern|birth_date={{birth date|1922|7|19}}|birth_place=Avon, South Dakota, U.S.|death_date={{death date and age|2012|10|21|1922|7|19}}|death_place=Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.|resting_place=[[Rock Creek Cemetery]]|party=[[Progressive Party (United States)|Progressive]]|otherparty=|spouse={{marriage|[[Eleanor McGovern|Eleanor Stegeberg]]|October 31, 1943|January 25, 2007|reason=died}}|children=6|education=Dakota Wesleyan University ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>{{longitem|Garrett Theological Seminary}}<br>Northwestern University (MA, PhD)|signature=George McGovern Signature.svg|branch=U.S. Army Air Forces|serviceyears=1943–1945|rank={{Dodseal|USO2|size=16x16}}  [[First lieutenant]]|unit={{plainlist|
* [[740th Missile Squadron|741st Bomb Squadron]]
* [[455th Air Expeditionary Wing|455th Bombardment Group]]
* [[Fifteenth Air Force]]
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* [[World War II]]
** European theatre
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'''George Stanley McGovern''' (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was President of the United States from 1963 to 1965 and Vice President from 1961 to 1965 as well as 1974 to 1977 as a member of the Progressive Party. Prior to his terms as vice president, he was a U.S. representative from 1957 to 1961, and a senator from 1969 to 1974. He is the only former president to have served as Vice President, as well as the only vice president to have served two non-consecutive terms.
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