The Political Graveyard: Humphrey family of Minnesota

Humphrey family of Minnesota

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1882-1949) — also known as H. H. Humphrey — of Doland, Spink County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak. Born in Albany, Linn County, Ore., 1882. Son of John Humphrey and Addie (Regester) Humphrey; married, April 16, 1906, to Christine Sannes; father of Ralph W. Humphrey and Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (who married Muriel Fay Buck); grandfather of Hubert Horatio Humphrey III; great-grandfather of Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV. Democrat. Druggist; chair of Spink County Democratic Party, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1928, 1948; member of South Dakota state house of representatives. Methodist. English ancestry. Died in 1949. Burial location unknown.
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Ralph W. Humphrey (c.1906-1967) — of Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak. Born in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minn. Son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey; brother of Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1956. Died, of cancer, in St. Barnabas Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., August 22, 1967. Burial location unknown.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978) — also known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H."; "The Happy Warrior"; "The Hump" — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Wallace, Codington County, S.Dak., May 27, 1911. Son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey and Christine (Sannes) Humphrey; brother of Ralph W. Humphrey; married, September 3, 1936, to Muriel Fay Buck; father of Hubert Horatio Humphrey III; grandfather of Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV. Pharmacist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960, 1972; Vice President of the United States, 1965-69; Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1968. Congregationalist. English and Norwegian ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. Died, of cancer, at Waverly, Wright County, Minn., January 13, 1978. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Cross-reference: Orville L. Freeman; Cyril E. King; Arthur Naftalin
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- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
- Books by Hubert H. Humphrey: The Education of a Public Man : My Life and Politics
- Books about Hubert H. Humphrey: Carl Solberg, Hubert Humphrey : A Biography (out of print); Edgar Berman, Hubert : The Triumph and Tragedy of the Humphrey I Knew (out of print); Paul. Westman, Hubert H. Humphrey : The Politics of Joy (out of print)
Muriel Buck Humphrey (1912-1998) — also known as Muriel Fay Buck; Muriel Humphrey Brown — of Minnesota. Born in South Dakota, 1912. Married, September 3, 1936, to Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey); mother of Hubert Horatio Humphrey III; grandmother of Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1978. Female. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., 1998. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
- See also Humphrey family of Minnesota
- See also: congressional biography.
Hubert Horatio Humphrey III (b. 1942) — also known as Skip Humphrey — of New Hope (unknown county), Minn. Born June 26, 1942. Grandson of Hubert Horatio Humphrey; son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. and Muriel Buck Humphrey; married to Nancy Lee Jeffrey; father of Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state senate 44th District, 1973-82; Minnesota state attorney general, 1983-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1984; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1988; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1998. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Association of Retired Persons; Optimist Club; Alpha Sigma Phi. Still living as of 2003.
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- See also: Wikipedia article.
Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV — also known as Buck Humphrey — of Minnesota. Great-grandson of Hubert Horatio Humphrey; grandson of Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. and Muriel Buck Humphrey; son of Nancy Lee (Jeffrey) Humphrey and Hubert Horatio Humphrey III. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2000; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for secretary of state of Minnesota, 2002. Still living as of 2002.
- See also Humphrey family of Minnesota
- See also: Wikipedia article.

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