Lloyd Bentsen

Lloyd Bentsen (born February 11, 1921, Mission, Texas, U.S.—died May 23, 2006, Houston, Texas) was an American Democratic politician who was a longtime U.S. senator (1971–93) before serving as secretary of the treasury (1993–94) in the presidential administration of Bill Clinton. Bentsen was also the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for vice president in 1988, running on a ticket with Michael Dukakis. Bentsen, whose father was a millionaire landowner, was raised in McAllen, Texas. In 1942 he...