“Arizona Senator” Barry Goldwater Hand Signed 3X5 Card

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Barry Morris Goldwater  (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician

and  United States Air Force  officer

who was a five-term  U.S. Senator  from  Arizona  (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the  Republican

Party  nominee for  president of the United

States  in 1964. Goldwater is the politician most often credited

with having sparked the resurgence of the  American conservative  political

movement in the 1960s. Despite his loss of the  1964 U.S. presidential

election  in a landslide, many political pundits and historians

believe he laid the foundation for the conservative revolution to follow, as

the grassroots organization and conservative takeover of the Republican party

began a long-term realignment in American politics, which helped to bring about

the " Reagan Revolution " of

the 1980s. He also had a substantial impact on the  American libertarian

movement . Goldwater was born in Phoenix in what was then the Arizona

Territory, where he helped manage his family's department store. Upon the U.S.

entry into  World War II ,

Goldwater received a reserve commission in the United States Army Air Force. He

trained as a pilot and was assigned to the Ferry Command, a newly formed unit that

flew aircraft and supplies to war zones worldwide. After the war, Goldwater was

elected to the Phoenix City Council in 1949 and won election to the U.S. Senate

in 1952. In the Senate, Goldwater rejected the legacy of the  New Deal  and, along with the  conservative coalition ,

fought against the  New Deal coalition .

Goldwater also had a reputation as a "maverick" for challenging his

party's  moderate to liberal wing  on

policy issues. A member of the  NAACP  and

active supporter of desegregation in Phoenix, [3][4]  Goldwater supported the  Civil Rights Acts of 1957  and  1960  and the  24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , but reluctantly

opposed the  Civil Rights Act of 1964 —despite

believing in racial equality, he felt two of its provisions, specifically  Title II  and  Title VII , to

be unconstitutional and a potential overreach of the federal government—a

decision that considerably anguished him. In 1964, Goldwater mobilized a large

conservative constituency to win the hard-fought Republican presidential

primaries. Although raised as an  Episcopalian , Goldwater was the first candidate of  Jewish  descent (through his father) to be nominated for

president by a major American party. Goldwater's platform ultimately failed to gain

the support of the electorate [9]  and he lost the 1964 presidential election to

incumbent  Democrat   Lyndon B. Johnson  by one of the largest margins in

history. Goldwater returned to the Senate in 1969 and specialized in defense

and foreign policy. As an elder statesman of the party, Goldwater, who was

respected by his colleagues for his honor and dedication to principle,

successfully urged President  Richard Nixon  to resign in 1974 when evidence of a

cover-up in the  Watergate scandal  became

overwhelming and  impeachment  was

imminent. Goldwater narrowly won re-election in 1980 for what would be his

final and most influential term in the senate. In 1986, Goldwater oversaw

passage of the  Goldwater–Nichols Act ,

arguably his most significant legislative achievement, which strengthened

civilian authority in the  Department

of Defense . The following year, he retired from the Senate and was

succeeded by Congressman  John McCain , who praised his predecessor as the man who

"transformed the Republican Party from an Eastern elitist organization to

the breeding ground for the election of Ronald Reagan". Goldwater strongly

supported the  1980

presidential campaign of Reagan , who had become the standard-bearer

of the conservative movement after his " A Time for Choosing "

speech. Reagan reflected many of the principles of Goldwater's earlier run in

his campaign.  The Washington Post  columnist  George Will  took note of this, writing: "We ... who

voted for him in 1964 believe he won, it just took 16 years to count the

votes". Goldwater's views on social and cultural issues grew increasingly

libertarian as he neared the end of his career. After leaving the Senate,

Goldwater's views on social issues cemented as libertarian. He criticized the

"money-making ventures by fellows like  Pat Robertson  and others in the Republican Party who

are trying to ... make a religious organization out of it." During

his winter year, he supported  homosexuals serving openly in the military ,  environmental protection ,  gay rights ,  abortion rights

adoption

rights for same-sex couples , and the legalization of  medicinal

marijuana .


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