Rock the Vote: Eugene McCarthy

For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.

Look magazine, June 25, 1968
Illustration: Norman Rockwell

Eugene McCarthy was U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1959-71. In 1968 he challenged then-President Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination.