Hubert H. Humphrey Biography

Hubert H. Humphrey biography

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NAME: Hubert H. Humphrey
OCCUPATION: Academic, Mayor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
BIRTH DATE: May 27, 1911
DEATH DATE: January 13, 1978
EDUCATION: University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wallace, South Dakota
PLACE OF DEATH: Waverly, Minnesota
Full Name: Hubert Horatio Humphrey
AKA: Hubert H. Humphrey
AKA: Hubert Humphrey

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Hubert H. Humphrey was an assistant majority leader of the Senate who became the 38th U.S. vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Hubert H. Humphrey was born on May 27, 1911, in Wallace, South Dakota, and went on to become mayor of Minneapolis. He was elected to the a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1948, becoming assistant majority leader and helping to push the Civil Rights Act. He went on to serve as vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson, later running unsuccessfully for the presidency against Richard Nixon in 1968. Humphrey returned to the Senate thereafter. He died on January 13, 1978, in Waverly, Minnesota.