Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

Authoritative Name:
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Biography:
"Senator from Minnesota and a Vice President of the United States; born in Wallace, Codington County, S.Dak., May 27, 1911; attended the public schools of Doland, S.Dak., where his family had moved; graduated from Capitol College of Pharmacy, Denver, Colo., 1933 and the University of Minnesota 1939; earned a graduate degree from Louisiana State University 1940; pharmacist with Humphrey Drug Co., Huron, S.Dak., 1933-1937; assistant instructor of political science at Louisiana State University 1939-1940 and University of Minnesota 1940-1941; State director of war production training and reemployment and State chief of Minnesota war service program 1942; assistant director, War Manpower Commission 1943; professor in political science at Macalester College (Minn.) 1943-1944; radio news commentator 1944-1945; mayor of Minneapolis 1945-1948; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1948; reelected in 1954, and 1960 and served from January 3, 1949, until December 29, 1964, when he resigned to become Vice President; Democratic whip 1961-1964; known in the Senate as "the Happy Warrior"; chairman, Select Committee on Disarmament (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and served from January 20, 1965, until January 20, 1969; unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States 1968; resumed teaching at Macalester College and the University of Minnesota 1969-1970; chairman, board of consultants, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp.; elected in 1970 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1976 and served from January 3, 1971, until his death in office; the post of Deputy President pro tempore of the Senate was created for him and he held it from January 5, 1977, until his death in Waverly, Minn., January 13, 1978; chairman, Joint Economic Committee (Ninety-fourth Congress); unprecedented sessions of the House and Senate were held in his honor in October 1977, when he was gravely ill; lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, January 14-15, 1978; interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 9, 1980."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Associated Subjects:
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

159 items in 19 collections (expand all)

"Poll the People" Campaign Advertisements for Hubert Humphrey, AFL-CIO COPE (1968)

Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

A. Philip Randolph Institute News Releases, 1978

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Hill, Norman, 1933-
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Date of Original:
1978
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

A. Philip Randolph Institute, correspondence and printed materials, 1977-1978

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Hill, Norman, 1933-
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Pollard, William Edward, 1915-2013
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Date of Original:
1977/1978
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, correspondence, 1963-1971

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Hoehler, Fred K., Jr.
Main Lafrentz & Co.
Goldfinger, Nathaniel
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Schnitzler, William F., 1904-1983
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Collins, LeRoy
Taylor, William L.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Date of Original:
1963/1971
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Americans for Justice on the Job, newsletters, 1977-1978

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Americans for Justice on the Job
Date of Original:
1977/1978
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Assorted organizations, press releases, 1965-1971

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
AFL-CIO
Southern Student Organizing Committee (Nashville, Tenn.)
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Alexander, Clifford L., Jr., 1933-2022
Brown, William H., III
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.)
United States. Inter-agency Committee on Mexican American Affairs
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
A. Philip Randolph Institute
American Civil Liberties Union
Penn Community Services
Atlanta University
Date of Original:
1965/1971
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections
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--An' on the far end of the back pasture is Sugar Creek / Baldy, [1968]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--And party champeen of the world (P'sst, that's enough champ) Ted Kennedy! / Baldy, [1972]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1972
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--Bless you! Lyndon?-- Bobby?-- Hubert?-- / Baldy, [1965]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--Boy!-- You sure have changed! / Baldy, [ca. 1972]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1972
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--He doesn't have much of a punch but he's awful fast on his feet! / Baldy, [1968 Oct. 17]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1968-10-17
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--Hi!-- / Baldy, [ca. 1961]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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[Barbara C. Jordan Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Acceptance Speech]

Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Date of Original:
1989-05-09
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

[Barbara Jordan Acceptance Speech at Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner, May 9, 1989]

Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Date of Original:
1989
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

[Copy of Telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Will D. Davis, September 17, 1968]

Creator:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Date of Original:
1968-09-17
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

[Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Barbara C. Jordan, November 19, 1966]

Creator:
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Date of Original:
1966-11-19
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

[Telegram from Dean Acheson to Barbara C. Jordan, July 3, 1968]

Creator:
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Date of Original:
1968-07-03
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

Stokes, Louis: 1968

Creator:
Prusha, Tom
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland
Contributing Institution:
Michael Schwartz Library

Lyndon B. Johnson and Lee White : Audio Recording

Date of Original:
1964-06-16
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 2)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 3)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Beech--Incoming correspondence, January-August, 1964 (Robert Beech papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 2, Folder 2)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Bernard-- Joel Bernard correspondence, 1964-1966 (Jacqueline Bernard papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 230, Box 1, Folder 1)

Creator:
Bernard, Jacqueline
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Bowie--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31 & Micro 928 (P82-2479), Box 2, Folder 3)

Creator:
Bowie, Harry
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Oral history interview with David Gambrell, 1992 September 21

Creator:
Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-
Date of Original:
1992-09-21
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Oral history interview with Governor Lester Maddox, 1986 April 17

Creator:
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Date of Original:
1986-04-17
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Supporters Greet Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Airport

Creator:
Indianapolis recorder (Firm)
Date of Original:
1964-04-11
Collection:
Indianapolis recorder
Contributing Institution:
Indiana Historical Society

From Doorbell to Roll Call

Creator:
UAW Washington Report
Date of Original:
1966
Collection:
James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972
Contributing Institution:
University of South Carolina. Libraries
South Caroliniana Library

Continuemos Adelante Viva Johnson y Humphrey

Creator:
Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Date of Original:
1930/1987
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

El Presidente Johnson durante toda su vida se ha preocupado, interesado, y extendido su ayuda a los americanos de descendencia mexicana y española

Date of Original:
1930/1987
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

For the USA vote Democratic Nov. 3

Creator:
Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Date of Original:
1930/1987
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

Humphrey: an excellent choice

Creator:
Saturday Evening Post
Date of Original:
1964-09-26
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

Texas Campaigner, Number 3, October 17, 1964

Creator:
Johnson/Humphrey Texas Campaign Headquarters
Date of Original:
1964-10-17
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries

[Article for the Johnson/Humphrey Texas Campaigner - 1964-10-05]

Date of Original:
1964-10-05
Collection:
John J. Herrera Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of North Texas. Libraries
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South Carolina Democratic Party convention--outtakes

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1974-03-27
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Unite with Humphrey Conference

Date of Original:
1968-04-27
Collection:
Seymour Samet Papers
Contributing Institution:
University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Humphrey: Dedication of Building

Date of Original:
1940/1949
1950/1959
1960/1969
Collection:
Southern Labor Archives
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Morning of Day 1 of 9th Biennial Mississippi State AFL_CIO Convention

Creator:
Mississippi State AFL-CIO
Date of Original:
1978-05
Collection:
Southern Labor Archives
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1965-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1965-01-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-02-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

A.D.A. - Americans for Democratic Action

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1964-09/1968-06
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History