FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species ...
When Pete McCloskey challenged President Nixon for the Republican nomination in 1972, his defeat was nothing short of stunning. Only one of the 1,348 delegates at the Miami convention voted for ...
An antiwar California congressman, he defeated Shirley Temple Black in a special election before launching a long-shot bid for the 1972 G.O.P. nomination. By Robert D. McFadden Pete McCloskey, a ...
Rep. Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey (R-Calif.) shows aerial pictures of villages in Laos, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following a visit to Southeast Asia. (Linda Wheeler ...
Pete McCloskey, a former California congressman who founded Earth Day and challenged President Richard Nixon for the ...
Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican "in ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, left, admires the bumper sticker on the car of ...