What is Fred R. Harris?
[[File:Fred R. Harris 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Harris in March 2018]] '''Fred Roy Harris''' (November 13, 1930 – November 23, 2024) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the [[United States Senate|United States senator]] of [[Oklahoma]]. He served as senator from 1964 to 1973. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Harris ran for [[President of the United States]] in 1972, losing the nomination to [[George McGovern]]. He ran again in 1976, but lost the Democratic Party primary to [[Jimmy Carter]]. Harris was born in [[Walters, Oklahoma|Walters]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/harris.htm |title=University of Oklahoma - Carl Albert Center_Archives - Fred Harris |access-date=2014-05-17 |archive-date=2014-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013030209/http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/harris.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died on November 23, 2024 at a hospital in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/11/23/fred-harris-senator-oklahoma-kerner-dead/|title = Fred R. Harris, Oklahoma senator on Kerner Commission, dies at 94|last = Brown|first = Michael H.|date = November 23, 2024|accessdate = November 23, 2024|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Fred R.}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:1972 United States presidential candidates]] [[Category:1976 United States presidential candidates]] [[Category:United States senators from Oklahoma]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}