Patrick Lucey was independent presidential candidate John B Anderson's running mate in the 1980 presidential election.
23 Facts About Patrick Lucey
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Patrick Lucey served in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army during World War II.
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Patrick Lucey held the position of Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1965 to 1967 and unsuccessfully challenged Governor Warren P Knowles in the 1966 gubernatorial election.
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Patrick Lucey won the 1970 Wisconsin gubernatorial election and served as governor until 1977, when he accepted President Jimmy Carter's appointment to the position of United States Ambassador to Mexico.
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Patrick Lucey was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on March 21,1918, the son of Ella and Gregory Patrick Lucey.
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Patrick Lucey grew up in the village of Ferryville, Wisconsin, and graduated from Campion High School in nearby Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1935.
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Patrick Lucey later attended St Thomas College in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Patrick Lucey served as justice of the peace in Ferryville, Wisconsin, in 1946.
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Patrick Lucey served on the De Soto School Board and was board treasurer in 1946.
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Patrick Lucey served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1949 to 1951.
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In 1964, Patrick Lucey was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and served one term from 1965 to 1967.
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Patrick Lucey ran as the Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1966 but failed to unseat incumbent Warren Knowles.
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Patrick Lucey was initially a supporter of Senator Robert F Kennedy in his 1968 presidential bid, but began working for Senator Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign following Kennedy's assassination.
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Patrick Lucey was the acting director of the McCarthy campaign at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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In 1970, Patrick Lucey campaigned again for governor and was elected with 54 percent of the vote.
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Patrick Lucey was the first Wisconsin governor elected to a four-year term after a 1967 amendment to the state constitution extended terms from two years to four.
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Patrick Lucey ran successfully for a second term as governor in 1974, but he resigned effective July 6,1977, to accept a nomination as United States Ambassador to Mexico.
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In 1971, Patrick Lucey raised the issue again, saying a merger would contain the growing costs of two systems; give order to the increasing higher education demands of the state; control program duplication; and provide for a united voice and single UW budget.
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Patrick Lucey recommended additional funding for tourism, which spurred development throughout the state.
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Patrick Lucey appointed a number of task forces to address minority concerns, including the Governor's Investigating Committee on Problems of Wisconsin's Spanish Speaking Communities, which identified the lack of programs to address the Mexican American and Puerto Ricans' lack of access to education, health, housing, and work across the state.
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Patrick Lucey died on May 10,2014, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the age of 96.
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In September 2009, Patrick Lucey was honored with a Wisconsin Historical Society marker in Ferryville.
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Patrick Lucey had a biography written about his time in politics.