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Hubert Horatio Humphrey

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hubert Horatio Humphrey 1911-78, U.S. Vice President (1965-69), b. Wallace, S.Dak. After practicing pharmacy for several years, Humphrey taught political science and became involved in state politics. An ardent New Dealer, he was appointed to several federal offices in Minnesota. He was instrumental in getting the Democratic party and the Farmer-Labor party to merge, and with the combined backing of both parties he was elected mayor of Minneapolis in 1945 and reelected in 1947. In 1948, Humphrey (with the backing of the Farmer-Labor party) became the first Democrat from Minnesota ever elected... Read more
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978), the pharmacist turned politician, served...of the United States in 1968. For 35 years, 1943-1978, Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr., held various public offices. At all times he was... Read more
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio (1911–78) US statesman, vice president (1965–69). As Lyndon Johnson's deputy, Humphrey's support of the Vietnam War incurred much hostility. He won the Democratic nomination in 1968, but lost the ensuing election to... Read more

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Obituary: Paul Wellstone Liberal Minnesotan politician in the tradition of Hubert Humphrey
; ...Warrior" of American politics, Hubert Horatio Humphrey. HHH, Vice-President during...recognisably a child of the 1960s. Like Humphrey he was a happy warrior, modest...sense of humour. He also shared Humphrey's habit of talking too much... Read more
Frances Humphrey Howard: Verve and Nerve
; How Frances Humphrey Howard and Eleanor Roosevelt integrated...birthday. In 1941 Frances (then) Humphrey became Mrs. Roosevelt's assistant...Hotel Blue Room. However, when Humphrey and a colleague -- one of several...brother, the late Vice President Hubert Humphrey, grew up with their father's ... Read more
Race Relations in Politics
; ...mayor of Minneapolis, Hubert Horatio Humphrey helped convince the...Democratic platform. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, FORMER...Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey, speaking at the 1948...and the presidency. Hubert Humphrey went on to become... Read more
Back in the public eye; A new play takes not one, but four fresh looks at the remarkable career of one of Minnesota's most famous historical figures.(VARIETY)
; ...in Atlantic City, N.J. ***** Hubert Horatio Humphrey. It's a long moniker. Three...has never been fully staged, Humphrey's eventful life has not been...Saturday when Favorite Son: The Humphrey Perspectives premieres at the... Read more
Mr. Midshipmen Hornblower
; ...famous gaffe when he referred to Hubert Humphrey as Hubert Horatio Hornblower. If nothing else...the enduring popularity of Horatio Hornblower, hero of a series...S. Forester wrote his first Horatio Hornblower novel in 1937. At... Read more
Letters
; HORATIO HORNBLOWER I read Richard Goldstein...Chicago: "What they did was destroy Hubert Humphrey, a very compromised liberal, and...among other things, LBJ destroyed" Humphrey by refusing to halt the bombing...before the election, after which Humphrey gained rapidly on Nixon, falling... Read more
Conference Spotlights Asians' Role In Minnesota Diversity
; ...University of Minnesota's Hubert Horatio Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue...University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute. Dr. Myers spoke...University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs... Read more
The whole world was watching
; Jackson On the violence-filled day Hubert Horatio Humphrey won the Democratic Party nomination for president, Aug. 28, 1968, the whole world was watching. That Wednesday served up a full... Read more
ASK THE GLOBE
; ...down a quotation that I think came from the late Hubert Humphrey. It had to do, I believe, with the quality of...mark. They were made at the dedication of the Hubert Horatio Humphrey Health, Education and Welfare building in Washington... Read more
Lyndon Baines Johnson.(Saturday)(The Rainbow Page)(U.S. Presidents)
; ...PRESIDENT: 1963 - 1969 BORN: Aug. 27, 1908 (Stonewall, Texas) DIED: Jan. 22, 1973 PARTY: Democratic VICE PRESIDENT: Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1965-1969) PHYSICAL: 6 feet 3 inches tall, 210 pounds FAMILY: Wife, Claudia Alta ( Lady Bird ) Taylor, daughters... Read more

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