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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.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1972;
Vice
President of the United States, 1965-69; candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Congregationalist.
English
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Council on Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Federation of Teachers.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died, of cancer,
at Waverly, Wright
County, Minn., January
13, 1978 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue at Minneapolis City Hall Grounds, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Stanley McGovern (1922-2012) —
also known as George McGovern —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Avon, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., July 19,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1957-61; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, in Dougherty Hospice
House, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
21, 2012 (age 90 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph C. McGovern and Frances (McLean) McGovern; married, October
31, 1943, to Eleanor Fay Stegeberg. |
| | | Cross-reference: Owen
J. Donley — Frank
Mankiewicz |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by George McGovern: The
Third Freedom : Ending Hunger in Our Time (2001) — Terry
: My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism
(1996) — Grassroots
: The Autobiography of George McGovern (1977) — Agricultural
Thought in the Twentieth Century (1967) — An
American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George
McGovern (1974) — The
Great Coalfield War (1972) — The
Essential America : Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition
(2004) |
| | | Books about George McGovern: Robert Sam
Anson, McGovern:
A Biography — Nicholas Max, President
McGovern's First Term — Gary Hart, Right
from the Start; A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign —
Kristi Witker, How
to lose everything in politics except Massachusetts —
Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Joshua M. Glasser, The
Eighteen-Day Running Mate: McGovern, Eagleton, and a Campaign in
Crisis |
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March
29, 1942.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1992.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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