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Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert Humphrey was the thirty eighth Vice President of the United States. 
He was elected along side of Lyndon B. Johnson as the Democratic party in
the year 1964.  Humphrey also ran for the title of U.S. president in 1968,
but was unsuccesful in his attempts. Humphrey gained his national
reputation as a U.S. Senator from the years 1949-1964 and then he was
senator again from 1971 until his death.

Hubert Humphrey became in his later years, one of the most respected
political figures. However one thing that did put a damper on his political
stature, was his contriversal support of the Johnson administrations
vietnam policy.  An example of how popular Humphrey was Jimmy Carter once
said," From time to time our nation is blessed by the presence of men and
women who bear the mark of greatness, who help us see a better vision of
what we can become.  Hubert Humphrey was such a man."

Humphrey begin his road to sucess at the 1948 Democratic national
convention.  This where he spoke of Truman's Civil Rights proposals.  This
lead to his election to the U.S. Senate that same year and gave him the
reputation as a fire-breathing Midwestern liberal. Humphrey had a good
Vice-Presidential term, he was known as the backbone to the Johnson
administration. He ran all foreign conflicts etc.. There was two Presidents
during this term, Johnson was the White colored type President and Humphrey
was the President that went and got things done, the blue colored worker,
he was the guy that was willing to get his hands dirty. Humphrey later died
at his home in Waverly, Minnesota on January 13, 1978 of cancer. His widow
was apointed to fill out his Senate term. The stadium that the Minnesota
Twins now play in(a major league baseball team) is named after the late
great Hubrt H. Humphrey.