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Hubert Humphrey: A Featured Biography. 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. A dedicated advocate for civil rights, Humphrey gained national attention in 1948 for his ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Hubert Humphrey was one of the nation’s most prominent liberal politicians in the mid-20th century, and his long career made him one of the leading figures in U.S. Senate history. Known for his...
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 the ...
Humphrey’s political life seems fated to end in disappointment, but it’s still been a remarkable career. He’s left his mark on this land he loves, and made it a better place for millions. Not even Humphrey has found a way to exaggerate his own contributions, from Medicare to civil rights to disarmament to education.
Jul 27, 2023 · His new book is about the career of young Hubert Humphrey. He was best known as vice president in the 1960s, but this book focuses on his time as mayor of Minneapolis, where he fought bigotry, and ...
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 in ...
Hubert Humphrey was one of the premier political figures of his time who remained a fixture on the national political scene for nearly three decades. He was a supreme legislator who served twenty-two years in the Senate but never achieved the presidential office he so coveted.
