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Christopher Joseph McCarthy
#12421, (1946 - 1946)
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| Father | Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916 - 2005) |
| Mother | Abigail Quigley (1915 - 2001) |
| Last Edited | 20 Apr 2024 |
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- 1946BirthChristopher Joseph McCarthy was born on 30 Apr 1946.
- 19460DeathHe died on 30 Apr 1946 at age 0.
- 2001His mother Abigail Quigley died on 1 Feb 2001 in Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesG.
- 2005His father Eugene Joseph McCarthy died on 10 Dec 2005 in Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesG.
Mary Abigail McCarthy
#12422, (1949 - 1990)
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| Father | Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916 - 2005) |
| Mother | Abigail Quigley (1915 - 2001) |
| Last Edited | 20 Apr 2024 |
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- 1949BirthMary Abigail McCarthy was born on 29 Apr 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesG.
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- 1990ObituaryObituary of Mary A. McCarthy
New York Times, July 31, 1990
Mary A. McCarthy, Professor, 41; Active in Father's Presidential Bid
By WOLFGANG SAXON
Mary Abigail McCarthy, a professor at Yale University Law School who was highly visible in the political campaign waged by Eugene J. McCarthy, her father, in 1968, died on Saturday at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Conn. She was 41 years old and lived in Branford.
She died of pancreatic cancer, her father said, adding that she had been under treatment for a year at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Ms. McCarthy, who was born in Washington, graduated from Radcliffe College, attended the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and received her law degree from New York University. She began to teach at Yale in 1982 as a supervising attorney and lecturer in clinical studies after a brief period as a public defender in Washington.
A Legal Clinic
As co-director of the legal clinic, training students in the practice of law, she specialized in public-interest disputes, individual rights and immigration cases.
Ms. McCarthy was a product of the 1960's civil-rights and antiwar campaigns. Opposed to violence, she turned to politics when the marches on the Pentagon and elsewhere deteriorated into street clashes.
She skipped a semester in her sophomore year at Radcliffe in 1968 to enlist in the Presidential campaign of Mr. McCarthy. With her mother, Abigail, and other family members, she scoured campuses and the country for votes for the former Minnesota Democratic Senator.
Because of her academic record, she was nevertheless permitted to graduate with her class in 1969. She later did advanced legal studies at Georgetown Law School.
Beside her parents, Ms. McCarthy is survived by two sisters, Ellen, of Washington, and Margaret, of Boston, and a brother, Michael, of Seattle. - 1990NoteCongressional Record
August 3, 1990
TRIBUTE TO MARY ABIGAIL MCCARTHY (US Senate - August 03, 1990)
Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. President, the Senate has lost a member of its extended family. I wish to acknowledge the death of Mary Abigail McCarthy on July 28, 1990, after a long illness. She was the daughter of Eugene McCarthy, the former U.S. Senator from Minnesota, and Abigail Quigley McCarthy.
Mary Abigail McCarthy was a gifted young woman who, as a college student, actively campaigned among her peers during Mr. McCarthy's Presidential bid in 1968. She was a youth leader who, according to columnist Mary McGrory, interpreted the candidate to the young and the young to the candidate.
Ms. McCarthy was a student at the Convent of the Visitation School in St. Paul and Stone Ridge Country Day School in Washington. She graduated from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and New York University Law School. In a small Washington-based private practice, she carried on her family's and her own tradition of service by representing low-income clients.
Ms. McCarthy was working as a public defender in a federally funded program in Washington when she was asked to teach at Yale University. During her decade of service, she introduced courses on the disabled and on immigration law. Her students also benefited from her supervision of their trial work.
Mary Abigail McCarthy did her generation of Minnesotans and Americans proud. She will be missed. I extend condolences to her parents, her sisters Ellen and Margaret, and her brother Michael. - 2001Her mother Abigail Quigley died on 1 Feb 2001 in Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesG.
- 2005Her father Eugene Joseph McCarthy died on 10 Dec 2005 in Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesG.
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