Eugene McCarthy tests political waters in Oregon 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 25 1968)


Video: 'April RDTV Part One The 1968 Oregon Primary' (May 25, 1968, at 17:10)

(Saturday, May 25, 1968; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968) — Senator Eugene McCarthy, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, campaigned for Oregon’s May 28 1968, primary today in Albany, paddling a canoe for a half mile down the Willamette River.