Pete McCloskey, Republican who tried to unseat Richard Nixon, dies aged 96
The California congressman co-wrote the Endangered Species Act, co-founded Earth Day and in his later years disavowed the GOPPete 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 the mold of Teddy Roosevelt”, he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th congressional district for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972. Continue reading...
The California congressman co-wrote the Endangered Species Act, co-founded Earth Day and in his later years disavowed the GOP
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 the mold of Teddy Roosevelt”, he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th congressional district for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972. Continue reading...
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