Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021

Authoritative Name:
Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021
Biography:
"Senator from Minnesota and Vice President of the United States; born in Ceylon, Martin County, Minn., January 5, 1928; attended the Heron Lake and Elmore, Minn., public schools; attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.; graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School 1956; admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1956 and commenced practice in Minneapolis; appointed and elected attorney general of Minnesota in 1960 and reelected in 1962; member of the President's Consumer Advisory Council 1960-1964; appointed on December 30, 1964, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hubert H. Humphrey for the term ending January 3, 1967; elected in 1966 for the term commencing January 3, 1967; reelected in 1972 and served from December 30, 1964, until his resignation December 30, 1976; chairman, Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity (Ninety-first and Ninety-second Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with President Jimmy Carter on November 2, 1976; inaugurated January 20, 1977, and served until January 20, 1981; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for reelection; unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1984; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan, 1993-1996; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2002; is a resident of Minneapolis, Minn."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Associated Subjects:
Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

11 items in 7 collections (expand all)

Voter Registration Public Service Announcements (c. 1976)

Creator:
Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite
Van Dyke, Leroy, 1929-
Wilson, Nancy, 1937-2018
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Mondale, Walter F., 1928-2021
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012
Hill, Norman
Date of Original:
1976
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

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