Hubert Humphrey
Black-and-white portrait of Hubert Humphrey, a middle-aged white American man in a suit and tie, sitting in front of an American flag
Official portrait, 1965
38th Vice President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byLyndon B. Johnson
Succeeded bySpiro Agnew
Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
January 5, 1977 – January 13, 1978
PresidentJames Eastland
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGeorge J. Mitchell (1987)
Senate Majority Whip
In office
January 3, 1961 – December 29, 1964
LeaderMike Mansfield
Preceded byMike Mansfield
Succeeded byRussell B. Long
United States Senator
from Minnesota
In office
January 3, 1971 – January 13, 1978
Preceded byEugene McCarthy
Succeeded byMuriel Humphrey
In office
January 3, 1949 – December 29, 1964
Preceded byJoseph H. Ball
Succeeded byWalter Mondale
35th Mayor of Minneapolis
In office
July 2, 1945 – November 30, 1948
Preceded byMarvin L. Kline
Succeeded byEric G. Hoyer
Personal details
Born
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.

(1911-05-27)May 27, 1911
Wallace, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedJanuary 13, 1978(1978-01-13) (aged 66)
Waverly, Minnesota, U.S.
Resting placeLakewood Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic–Farmer–Labor
Spouse
(m. 1936)
Children4, including Skip
Education
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he twice represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1949 to 1964 and again from 1971 until his death. He was nominated by the Democratic Party 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. A year later, 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 successfully advocated for the inclusion of a proposal to end racial segregation in the 1948 Democratic National Convention's party platform and was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Humphrey served three terms in the Senate from 1949 to 1964, and was the Senate Majority Whip for the last four years of his tenure. As senator, he was the lead author of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, introduced the first initiative to create the Peace Corps, and chaired the Select Committee on Disarmament. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1960. Following Lyndon B. Johnson's rise to the presidency, he chose Humphrey as his running mate and the ticket won a landslide victory in the 1964 presidential election.

Early life and education

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Marriage and early career

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Mayor of Minneapolis (1945–48)

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1948 Democratic National Convention

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United States Senate (1949–64)

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Vice Presidency (1965–69)

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Presidential campaigns

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1960

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1968

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1972

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1976

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Post-Vice Presidency (1969–78)

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References

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Sources

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  • Offner, Arnold A. (2018). Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22239-5.