Hubert Humphrey
(1911-1978)
| Occupation |
38th Vice President of the U.S. (January 20, 1965 - January 20, 1969) Deputy President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (January 5, 1977 - January 13, 1978) U.S. Senator from Minnesota (January 3, 1971 - January 13, 1978) Senate Majority Whip (January 3, 1961 - December 29, 1964) 35th Mayor of Minneapolis (July 2, 1945 - November 30, 1948) |
| Date of Birth | May 27, 1911 |
| Date of Death | January 13, 1978 |
| Place of Birth | Wallace, South Dakota |
| Place of Death | Waverly, Minnesota |
| Education |
University of Minnesota (BA) Capitol College of Pharmacy Louisiana State University (MA) |
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Parents |
Ragnild Kristine Sannes Hubert Horatio Humphrey Sr. |
| Spouse |
Muriel Buck (m. 1936) |
| Political Party |
Democratic- Farmer- Labor |
| Number of Children |
Four including Skip |
Vice President Humphrey...
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon.
Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his father's pharmacy. He earned a master's degree from Louisiana State University and worked for the Works Progress Administration, the Minnesota war service program, and the War Manpower Commission. In 1943, he became a professor of political science at Macalester College and ran a failed campaign for mayor of Minneapolis. He helped found the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) in 1944; the next year he was elected mayor of Minneapolis, serving until 1948 and co-founding the liberal anti-communist group Americans for Democratic Action in 1947. In 1948, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and successfully advocated for the inclusion of a proposal to end racial segregation in the 1948 Democratic National Convention's party platform.
"The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.'
- Hubert H. Humphrey
"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
- Hubert H. Humphrey
"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism"
- Hubert H. Humphrey
