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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket.
May 19, 2024 · Lloyd Bentsen (born February 11, 1921, Mission, Texas, U.S.—died May 23, 2006, Houston, Texas) was an American Democratic politician who was a longtime U.S. senator (1971–93) before serving as secretary of the treasury (1993–94) in the presidential administration of Bill Clinton.
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"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a remark made during the 1988 United States vice presidential debate by Democratic nominee Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican nominee Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle's comparison of his experience in Congress to that of John F. Kennedy, the Democratic 35th president of the United States, whom ...
May 24, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, former congressman and senator from Texas, onetime secretary of the Treasury and the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1988, died yesterday at his home in Houston. He was 85.
May 23, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, the former congressman and senator from Texas, secretary of the treasury and the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in 1988, was involved in some of the most important...
May 23, 2006 · Lloyd Bentsen, who represented Texas in Congress for 28 years, was the 1988 Democratic nominee for vice president and served as President Bill Clinton's first Treasury secretary, died Tuesday,...
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May 23, 2006 · Bentsen returned home from service in World War II and entered politics in the late 1940s. His pro-business, hawkish military views matched those of his Texas constituents and...
