Video: July 31, 1972 (at 1:33)

(Monday, July 31, 1972, 9:45 p.m. EDT) — Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, withdrew tonight from the party’s presidential ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment.

He said that he did not wish to “divide the Democratic party” by continuing as its nominee given his past health problems, which required electroconvulsive therapy twice. The search for a new VP nominee now centers on eight men.