1972 McGovern Eagleton Phoney Money Bill
Specifications
| All Returns Accepted | ReturnsNotAccepted |
| Presidential Campaign | George McGovern 1972 |
| Type | Phoney Money |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 McGovern Eagleton Phoney Money Bill Phoney Money Phoney Promises. Fake $1000 bill poking fun at George McGovern's choice of Tom Eagleton for Vice President and McGovern's statement "I'm 100% behind Tom Eagleton for Vice President", shortly before McGovern dumped Eagleton from the ticket and replaced him with Sargent Shriver. Original Condition: Very good clean condition Size: 6" x 2.75" George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, historian, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. As a senator, McGovern was an example of modern American liberalism. He was most known for his outspoken opposition to the growing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McGovern's long-shot, grassroots-based 1972 presidential campaign found triumph in gaining the Democratic nomination but left the party badly split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. In the general election McGovern lost to incumbent Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in U.S. electoral history. Thomas Francis Eagleton was a United States senator from Missouri, serving from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic VP nominee under George McGovern in 1972. He suffered from bouts of depression throughout his life, resulting in several hospitalizations, which were kept secret from the public. When they were revealed, it humiliated the McGovern campaign and Eagleton was forced to quit the race.
