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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. He twice served in the United States Senate , representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and again from 1971 to 1978.
The 1968 presidential campaign of Hubert Humphrey began when Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota decided to seek the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States following President Lyndon B. Johnson's announcement ending his own bid for the nomination.
Aug 27, 2024 · Hubert Humphrey (born May 27, 1911, Wallace, South Dakota, U.S.—died January 13, 1978, Waverly, Minnesota) was the 38th vice president of the United States (1965–69) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson and presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in 1968.
Nov 9, 2009 · Hubert H. Humphrey was known for his oratorical skill and his advocacy for civil rights as a U.S. senator from Minnesoa and vice president to Lyndon B. Johnson.
Known as the “Happy Warrior,” Hubert Humphrey represented Minnesota in the Senate from 1949 to 1964, presided over the Senate as vice president from 1965 to 1969, and then returned to the Senate again in 1971.
Mar 23, 2018 · Vietnam turned America’s leading liberal into a personification of liberalism’s failures. This is the tragedy of Hubert Humphrey and his Vietnam War — one that shapes Americans today.
Jun 23, 2023 · Several days after Nazi Germany launched its blitzkrieg against Poland on September 1, 1939, plunging all of Western Europe into conflict, a recent college graduate named Hubert Humphrey rode...
Jan 14, 1978 · MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 13—Senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey died tonight at his home in Waverly, 40 miles west of here. Death came to the 66-year-old 38th Vice President at 9:25 P.M. Central Standard...
Jul 27, 2023 · If you have any impression of LBJ Vice President Hubert Humphrey, it might be that of an establishment politician who defended an unpopular war in Vietnam and led the Democratic Party to defeat...
Nov 26, 2018 · Known For: Vice President to President Lyndon B. Johnson, five-term senator, and a Democratic candidate in the 1968 presidential election. Born: May 27, 1911 in Wallace, South Dakota. Died: Jan. 13, 1978 in Waverly, Minnesota.