Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. As a senator he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president, he supported the controversial Vietnam War. An intensely divided Democratic Party nominated him in the 1968 presidential election, which he lost to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. In 1943, he became a professor of political science at Macalester College and ran a failed campaign for mayor of Minneapolis. He helped found the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) in 1944; the next year he was elected mayor of Minneapolis, serving until 1948 and co-founding the liberal anti-communist group Americans for Democratic Action in 1947. In 1948, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and successfully advocated for the inclusion of a proposal to end racial segregation in the 1948 Democratic National Convention's party platform. Humphrey served three terms in the Senate from 1949 to 1964, and was the Senate Majority Whip for the last four years of his tenure. During this time, he was the lead author of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, introduced the first initiative to create the Peace Corps, and chaired the Select Committee on Disarmament. He unsuccessfully sought his party's presidential nomination in 1952 and 1960. After Lyndon B. Johnson acceded to the presidency, he chose Humphrey as his running mate, and the Democratic ticket won a landslide victory in the 1964 election. In March 1968, Johnson made his surprise announcement that he would not seek reelection, and Humphrey launched his campaign for the presidency. Loyal to the Johnson administration's policies on the Vietnam War, he received opposition from many within his own party and avoided the primaries to focus on winning the delegates of non-primary states at the Democratic National Convention. His delegate strategy succeeded in clinching the nomination, and he chose Senator Edmund Muskie as his running mate. In the general election, he nearly matched Nixon's tally in the popular vote but lost the electoral vote by a wide margin. After the defeat, he returned to the Senate and served from 1971 until his death in 1978. He ran again in the 1972 Democratic primaries but lost to George McGovern and declined to be McGovern's running mate. From 1977 to 1978, he served as Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Title: Hubert H. Humphrey
  • Popularity: 3.865
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-05-27
  • Place of Birth: Wallace, South Dakota, USA
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  • Also Known As: Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Senator Hubert Humphrey, Vice President Hubert Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey Movies

  • 1960
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    Primary

    Primary

    6.4 1960 HD

    Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to...

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  • 1971
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    Cold Turkey

    Cold Turkey

    6.2 1971 HD

    Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they...

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  • 1967
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    A Nation Builds Under Fire

    A Nation Builds Under Fire

    1 1967 HD

    A U. S. Government film promoting America’s presence and effectiveness in the Vietnam War.

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  • 2006
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    ...So Goes the Nation

    ...So Goes the Nation

    6.8 2006 HD

    A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

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  • 1995
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    Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

    Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

    7.2 1995 HD

    "Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between...

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  • 2018
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    The Road to Mass Incarceration

    The Road to Mass Incarceration

    1 2018 HD

    This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the...

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  • 1970
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    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    7 1970 HD

    Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...

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  • 1961
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    Adventures on the New Frontier

    Adventures on the New Frontier

    5.5 1961 HD

    A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term. ...

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  • 1978
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    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    8 1978 HD

    The James Brown Story

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  • 1968
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    The President, April 1968

    The President, April 1968

    1 1968 HD

    The film captures the pivotal events surrounding President Lyndon Johnson's historic address on March 31st, focusing on his decision to halt bombing...

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  • 1969
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    The Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon

    The Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon

    1 1969 HD

    The first inauguration of Richard Nixon as the 37th president of the United States was held on Monday, January 20, 1969, at the East Portico of the...

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  • 1965
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    The Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson

    The Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson

    1 1965 HD

    The second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as president of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1965, at the East Portico of the...

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  • 2008
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    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    6.6 2008 HD

    On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that...

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  • 2007
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    Sputnik Mania

    Sputnik Mania

    7 2007 HD

    Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in...

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  • 1971
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    Cold Turkey

    Cold Turkey

    6.2 1971 HD

    Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they...

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  • 2013
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    Our Nixon

    Our Nixon

    6.7 2013 HD

    Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and...

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  • 1979
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    The War at Home

    The War at Home

    7.2 1979 HD

    Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and...

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  • 1968
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    Chicago

    Chicago

    1 1968 HD

    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.143 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.658 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.37 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1968
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    60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

    6.654 1968 HD

    America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news...

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  • 2016
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    Race for the White House

    Race for the White House

    7.083 2016 HD

    From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes...

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