Hubert Humphrey (The Revolution Ended)

Hubert Humphrey (May 27, 1911-January 13,1978) was the 38th Vice-President of the United States from 1961-1969, US Senator of Minnesota from 1949-1961 and 1971-1978, and the 35th Mayor of Minneapolis from 1945-1949.

Vice-Presidency

His responsibilities as Vice-President were to draft executive orders for President Kennedy, minor diplomatic missions, chairman of the President's Council on Equal Opportunity, and discussed peace relations with Vietnam to prevent a war with them. Humphrey is known as one of the best Vice-Presidents ever due to his diplomacy skills and his fight for equal rights for blacks and whites.

Post Vice-Presidency

After his tenure ended, he ran for President the second time in 1968 losing again to US Senator of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson so he ran as an Independent. Nixon defeated Johnson in the 1968 election after losing to Kennedy in 1960. He died on January 13, 1978 of bladder cancer in his home in Waverly, Minnesota.