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 ...

May 8 (UPI) --Pete McCloskey, a former California congressman who founded Earth Day and challenged President Richard Nixon for the Republican nomination in 1972, has died at the age of 96.

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.Video above: Remembering those we've ...

Paul Norton ‘Pete’ McCloskey Jr. (September 29, 1927 – May 8, 2024), in an undated photo, was an American politician who represented San Mateo County, Calif., as a Republican in the U.S. House of ...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, left, admires the bumper sticker on the car of Congressman Pete McCloskey as the congressman looks on, right, in San Jose, Calif., Sept.