Barry Goldwater was an American politician, a published author, businessman, father to four children, and a United States presidential candidate in 1964 against John F. Kennedy. Born in Phoenix, Arizona territory on January 2, 1909, Goldwater wasn’t always the type of person to be seen as a politician, he ran his family’s department store full time as a dropout from college after his father’s death. During the time he was running the store Goldwater began to take interest into airplanes and flying. When the United States went into WW2 he was not able to fly planes, he was supervisor over cargo shipments. After the war, Goldwater was unable to continue his family’s department store and began to take on politics, at first he was only involved
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Johnson, Goldwater lost the presidential race by a landslide due to fighting a constant uphill batlle against favorable economic circumstances. This loss caused a fatal demise of Goldwater’s reputation as the campaign against his then later produced the “Daisy ad” stating that nuclear warfare was the result of voting republican in 1964. Although Goldwater was targeted for being a republican candidate his views were still strong and his beliefs did not change, he then ran again for the senate and had his seat waiting for him as he won and held his place until retiring in 1987. Later in life his views changed as the republican party began to change, he criticized the goals of the republican party and started to steer away from conservatism and formally didn't have much role in politics after his retirement and made occasional public appearances. Barry Morris Goldwater suffered a stroke in 1996, which later began complications in his brain displaying the early stages of Alzheimer's, he later died on May 29, 1998 in his home in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Barry Goldwater was one of the most respected statesmen of his party, as he always strived for more and went for the hardest candidacy possible, although Goldwater suffered defeat in his effort to run for president, he paved the way for a different republican candidate who later won the presidency, Ronald
Johnson, Goldwater lost the presidential race by a landslide due to fighting a constant uphill batlle against favorable economic circumstances. This loss caused a fatal demise of Goldwater’s reputation as the campaign against his then later produced the “Daisy ad” stating that nuclear warfare was the result of voting republican in 1964. Although Goldwater was targeted for being a republican candidate his views were still strong and his beliefs did not change, he then ran again for the senate and had his seat waiting for him as he won and held his place until retiring in 1987. Later in life his views changed as the republican party began to change, he criticized the goals of the republican party and started to steer away from conservatism and formally didn't have much role in politics after his retirement and made occasional public appearances. Barry Morris Goldwater suffered a stroke in 1996, which later began complications in his brain displaying the early stages of Alzheimer's, he later died on May 29, 1998 in his home in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Barry Goldwater was one of the most respected statesmen of his party, as he always strived for more and went for the hardest candidacy possible, although Goldwater suffered defeat in his effort to run for president, he paved the way for a different republican candidate who later won the presidency, Ronald