Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater was a prominent American conservative politician and long-serving U.S. senator from Arizona who was the Republican Party’s 1964 presidential nominee and a key figure in the rise of modern American conservatism.

Aliases (2)
  • Barry Morris Goldwater ×1
  • Goldwater ×1

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instanceOf United States senator
author
human
photographer
politician
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom
burialPlace Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona
candidateIn 1964 United States presidential election
causeOfDeath stroke
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1909-01-02
dateOfDeath 1998-05-29
employer Goldwater’s Department Store
endTime 1965-01-03
1987-01-03
ethnicGroup Anglo-American
Jewish descent
familyName Goldwater
fullName Barry Morris Goldwater
givenName Barry
ideology conservatism
libertarian conservatism
influenced Ronald Reagan
modern conservative movement in the United States
memberOf Republican National Committee
militaryBranch United States Air Force Reserve
United States Army Air Forces
militaryRank Major General
nominatedBy Republican Party
notableFor 1964 U.S. presidential campaign
rise of modern American conservatism
notableWork The Conscience of a Conservative
numberOfChildren 4
occupation businessperson
opponent Lyndon B. Johnson
placeOfBirth Phoenix, Arizona, United States
placeOfDeath Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States
politicalParty Republican Party
positionHeld Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
United States senator from Arizona
publicationDate 1960
religion Episcopal Church
representedIn United States Senate
spouse Margaret “Peggy” Johnson
Susan Shaffer Wechsler
startTime 1953-01-03
1969-01-03


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