Hubert Humphrey
Vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969 · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1911 to 1978 · aged 66
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1978. As a senator, he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States.
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Martin Luther King Jr. 2 more1965Named Vice President of the United StatesOffice20 January 1965 to 20 January 19691964In historyU.S. presidential electionWith Lyndon B. Johnson 2 more1949Named United States senatorOffice3 January 1949 to 30 December 19641945Named Mayor of MinneapolisOffice1 January 1945 to 1 January 19481911Born27 May 1911People around Hubert
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Co-founded America-Israel Friendship League
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Herbert Tenzer Co-founded America-Israel Friendship League
Lyndon B. Johnson Preceded Hubert as Vice President of the United States
Spiro Agnew Succeeded Hubert as Vice President of the United States
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Humphrey practicing pharmacy in his father's drugstore
Humphrey at the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Senator Humphrey
Vice President-elect Humphrey alongside Coretta Scott King and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964.
Humphrey (right) horse-riding with President Johnson (left) at the LBJ ranch, c. November 4, 1964
Vice President Humphrey at a meeting in the Oval Office, c. June 21, 1965Awards
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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.
