Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - George McGovern, he kaitōrangapū o te Pāti Manapori mai i South Dakota, i kōwhiria tuatahihia ki te Whare Kaunihera o te United States hei tohu i te rohe 1 o te Kaunihera o South Dakota i te 1956. I whiriwhiria ano ia i te tau 1958, i mua i tana mahi angitu mo te United States Senate i te tau 1960 ki te Republican Republican Karl Earl Mundt. Whai muri i tana mahi i roto i te tari a John F. Kennedy hei kaiwhakahaere mo te kaupapa Food for Peace, i rere ano a McGovern mo te Senate, a, he iti noa iho te wikitoria ki a Senator Joseph H. Bottum. I te tau 1968, i whai angitu a McGovern i te tono perehitini a te Pāti Manapori i te Democratic National Convention
I kōwhiria anō ia ki te Rōpū Kaunihera i runga i te Kawana o Dakota ki te Tonga o mua, a Archie M. Gubbrud. I te tau 1972, i angitu a McGovern i tana kaupapa mo te whakaingoatanga perehitini a te Manapori, engari i ngaro te pooti ki te Perehitini o Richard Nixon. I whiriwhiria ano a McGovern ki te Whare Kaunihera i te tau 1974 mo te toa o te Pakanga o Vietnam a Leo K. Thorsness, engari i ngaro te pooti i te tau 1980 ki a James Abdnor. I whai angitu a McGovern mo te perehitini i te tau 1984 i nga pooti perehitini o te United States.