Hubert Humphrey (A Sad day in November)

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 –) is an american politicial who is currently serving as the 37th president of the United States.Before being elected president he served three terms in the united states Senate,representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964.

Humphrey was born in Wallace,south Dakota,where he attended the University of Minnesota.He helped run his fathers pharmacy. He earned a master's degree from Louisiana State University and worked for the Works Progress Administration, the Minnesota war service program, and the War Manpower Commission.

He helped found the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) in 1944. In 1945, he won election as 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 was the senate mayority whip from 1961 to 1964.During his tenure he supported the expansion of civil rights.

Early life and Education
Humphrey was born in a room over his father´s pharmacy in Wallace,South Dakota.He was the son of Ragnild Kristine Sannes (1883–), a Norwegian immigrant, and Hubert Horatio Humphrey Sr. (1882–1949).Humphrey spent most of his youth in Doland,South Dakota.

Marriage and early career
In 1934,Humphrey started dating Muriel Buck,a bookkeeper and graduate of Huron College.They married in 1936 and have four children: Nancy Faye, Hubert Horatio III, Robert Andrew, and Douglas Sannes.