Hubert H. Humphrey
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Born:
May 27, 1911

Died:
Jan 13, 1978

Age: 66 Deceased

From:
Wallace, South Dakota, USA

Department:
Acting

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Hubert H. Humphrey

Also known as: Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Senator Hubert Humphrey

Biography

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and 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. As a senator he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president, he supported the controversial Vietnam War. An intensely divided Democratic Party nominated him in the 1968 presidential election, which he lost to Republican nominee Richard Nixon.

Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. 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 ...

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