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19 hours ago · 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. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978.
Jun 19, 2024 · It was Hubert Humphrey, who grew up poor in rural South Dakota and became a champion of the disadvantaged while serving as mayor of Minneapolis, a U.S. senator from Minnesota, and vice president. Maxwell served in the U.S. Marine Corps, then enrolled in the University of Washington, becoming the first in his family to go to college.
Jun 13, 2024 · As mayor of Minneapolis, U.S. senator from Minnesota, vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Democratic nominee for president in 1968, Humphrey looked to an activist State to improve the lives of working people and to protect America's interests abroad.
Jun 13, 2024 · Humphrey discusses first impressions of JFK, their shared service on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, political wrangling over the Democratic vice presidential candidacy in 1956, 1960 Democratic primaries and Presidential election.
Jun 23, 2024 · Thirty-seven-year-old mayor Humphrey was the ADA’s spokesman for a platform plank that would embrace the commission’s conclusions in the face of Southern segregationist—and...
Jun 15, 2024 · In an interview with Moyers in 1976, Humphrey looked back on the 1968 convention. “I was heartbroken. It was the moment in my life … and all at once it was in total disarray,” he recalled.
Jun 28, 2024 · After recovering, Carter made another serious blunder, referring to former vice president, senator and Democratic nominee for president Hubert Humphrey as Hubert Horatio Hornblower, the fictional...
