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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.2672.1.7
Hubert H. Humphrey
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.2672.1.7

Hubert H. Humphrey

United States, 1911 - 1978
Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate (1943)
Mayor of Minneapolis (1945-1948)
U.S. Senator (1949-1964)
U.S. Senator (1971-1978)
Senate Majority Whip (1961-1964)
U.S. Vice President (1965-1969)
Democratic Presidential Nominee (1968)

Hubert Humphrey held office in the Senate for two terms, one from 1949 to 1964 and again from 1971 to 1978. He backed the Vietnam War while serving as the Vice President under President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Hubert campaigned as a Democratic presidential candidate but was defeated by Republican nominee Richard Nixon.


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Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10580967

Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/84422569

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