Editing Clark MacGregor (section)

===Congress===
He was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 1960, defeating six-term Democratic incumbent [[Roy Wier]], and served in the [[87th United States Congress|87th]], [[88th United States Congress|88th]], [[89th United States Congress|89th]], [[90th United States Congress|90th]], and [[91st United States Congress|91st congresses]], January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971.

In 1963, MacGregor appeared in a satirical revue by [[Dudley Riggs]]' [[Brave New Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite news 
  | last = Moses
  | first = George
  | title = Congressman's Barbs Make a Hit
  | newspaper = Eugene Register-Guard
  | pages = 8
  | date = 1963-07-23
  | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5_5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6739%2C4476466
  | access-date = 2011-01-12 }}
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He was a delegate to the [[1964 Republican National Convention|1964]] and [[1968 Republican National Convention]] from Minnesota. He was an unsuccessful candidate for [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from Minnesota in 1970, losing to former [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]]. Initially expecting to run against the incumbent senator, [[Eugene McCarthy]], MacGregor later said privately that he would not have entered the race had he known he would be running against Humphrey.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hubert Humphrey: A Biography|first=Carl|last=Solberg|year=1984|publisher=W. W. Norton and Company|isbn=0-393-01806-7|page=418}}</ref>

MacGregor voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Acts of 1964]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE. -- House Vote #128 -- Feb 10, 1964 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h128 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref>and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR … -- House Vote #113 -- Aug 16, 1967 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF … -- House Vote #193 -- Aug 27, 1962 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. -- House Vote #87 -- Jul 9, 1965 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref>