Hubert Humphrey was the first. A South Dakota pharmacist by trade, he eventually moved to Minnesota and became the mayor of Minneapolis in 1945, a post he held for three years before he served as ...

When Hubert Humphrey arrived in the U.S. Senate in January 1949, the 37-year-old didn’t exactly take the place by storm. As James Traub relates in his compelling biography, “True Believer ...

The president didn’t want to go too far on civil rights in 1948, fearing it would cost him reelection. But an obscure mayor named Hubert Humphrey changed the race — and his party.

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An estate-tax ruling after the death of Humphrey Bogart A litigation precedent arising from Hubert Humphrey’s will An obscenity case involving “Finnegan’s Wake” A decision barring the ...

This is not the Humphrey of two decades later, a figure of derision tethered as vice president to Lyndon Johnson and defender of the Vietnam War when both were increasingly unpopular. This was not ...

Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of Minneapolis addressing the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa., July 14, 1948. Associated Press Thus fortified, Humphrey moved to the microphone.

When Humphrey, who can point to one of the most effective civil rights records of any public figure, appeared at the poor people’s Solidarity Day rally in Washington, he was spontaneously booed.

Hubert H. Humphrey has lessors for our times. Here, the U.S. Senator tells the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 29,1968 in Chicago that he accepts the party's nomination as its candidate for ...

With the huge task of a late presidential run against Donald Trump, Kamala Harris faces challenges distinct from those faced by Vice President Hubert Humphrey after LBJ decided not to seek reelection.

It was 75 years ago on July 14, 1948 that a young Minneapolis mayor, Hubert Humphrey, got up before the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and implored the convention to adopt a civil ...