Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton was the running mate of George McGovern on the 1972 Democratic Party presidential ticket. However, after revelations emerged that Eagleton had received treatment for manic depression, he was replaced with Sargent Shriver.1
McGovern chose Eagleton as his running mate just before the 1972 Democratic Convention in Miami. After Eagleton accepted the nomination to be the Democratic Party candidate for vice-president, he admitted that he had undergone electric shock therapy and had been hospitalized for depression three times in the 1960s. Although McGovern initially said that he supported Eagleton "1,000 percent," the Missouri Senator withdrew from the race on July 31, 1972.1 The controversy and scandals surrounding John McCain's controversial pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate has caused some to wonder whether Palin will withdraw from the race much as Eagleton was forced to.2
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