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Lloyd Bentsen

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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (born February 11, 1921) is an American politician from Texas. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party.

Bentsen was born in Mission, Texas. He graduated from University of Texas Law School in 1942 and served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945.

He served in the United States House of Representatives from December 1948 to January 3, 1955. He was in private business until 1970 when he won an upset victory against Ralph Yarborough in the Democratic primary for the United States Senate. Bentsen went on to win the general election against George H. W. Bush, and was re-elected to the Senate in 1976, 1982 and 1988. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1988 presidential election under Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. He retired from the Senate in January 1993. He served as 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994.

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