US Democratic politician

Representative from South Dakota 1957-1961

director of Food for Peace Program 1961-1962

Senator from South Dakota 1963-1981

candidate for Democratic presidential nomination 1968, 1984

chairman of Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs 1968-1977

Democratic presidential candidate 1972

wrote reminiscence "Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle With Alcoholism" 1996