Hubert H. Humphrey

Vice President

Birthday May 27, 1911

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Wallace, SD

DEATH DATE Jan 13, 1978 (66)

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About

Minnesota senator who ran for the US presidency in 1968 but lost to Richard Nixon. He was the Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969.

Before Fame

He earned a pharmacist's license and spent seven years employed at his family's drugstore.

Trivia

He was the lead author of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964

Family Life

He married bookkeeper Muriel Buck in 1934; the couple remained together until his death forty-two years later.

Associated With

He ran and lost in the 1968 presidential election to Richard Nixon.