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Who was George McGovern's vice-presidential pick in the 1972 presidential election?

  • Walter Mondale

  • Hubert Humphrey

  • Edmund Muskie

  • Thomas Eagleton

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George McGovern selected Thomas Eagleton as his vice-presidential pick in the 1972 presidential election. However, Eagleton's history of mental health issues and electroconvulsive therapy soon came to light, undermining McGovern's credibility and contributing to his landslide loss to Richard Nixon.
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