EAGLETON, Thomas Francis (1929-2007)
Democrat of Missouri 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1969-1986
Biography
a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., September 4, 1929; enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1948 to 1949; graduated, Amherst College 1950; graduated, Harvard Law School 1953; elected circuit attorney of St. Louis, Mo., 1956; elected attorney general of Missouri 1960; elected lieutenant governor of Missouri 1964; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1969; subsequently appointed December 28, 1968, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward V. Long for the term ending January 3, 1969; reelected in 1974 and 1980, and served from December 28, 1968, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful Democratic vice-presidential candidate 1972; lawyer; was a resident of St. Louis, Mo., until his death on March 4, 2007; willed body to Washington University for medical research purposes.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
