Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Humphrey Historical Figure Nationality: United States Year of Birth: 1911 Year of Death: 1978 Cause of Death: Bladder cancer Religion: Congregationalism Occupation: Pharmacist, Politician Spouse: Muriel Buck Children: Four Political Party: Democratic Party Political Office(s): Mayor of Minneapolis, United States Senator from Minnesota, Vice President of the United States Fictional Appearances: Template:The Fillmore Shoggoth Historical Character The Hot War POD: November, 1950 Appearance(s): Fallout Type of Appearance: Contemporary references Date of Death: 1952 Cause of Death: Killed in an atomic bombing (World War III) Political Office(s): United States Senator from Minnesota The Man With the Iron Heart POD: May 29, 1942; Relevant POD: May, 1945 Type of Appearance: Direct Political Office(s): Mayor of Minneapolis Worldwar POD: May 30, 1942 Appearance(s): Down to Earth Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference Political Office(s): Governor of Minnesota Southern Victory POD: September 10, 1862 Appearance(s): The Victorious Opposition Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference (unnamed)

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the 38th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, Before that, he also served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1945–1949. Humphrey was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election but narrowly lost to the Republican nominee, Richard Nixon.

Hubert Humphrey in "The Fillmore Shoggoth"

The fact that Hubert Humphrey, Robert Kennedy, and Eugene McCarthy were in a three-way battle for the "soul" of the Democratic Party in the Spring of 1968 was seen as a "portent".

Another such portent was an iceberg that had broken from the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf in 1966 and floated north to the coast of San Francisco in May 1968.

Hubert Humphrey in The Hot War

Senator Hubert Humphrey (1911-1952) of Minnesota was one of several Democrats who joined the race for the party's presidential nomination after Harry Truman decided not to run again in October 1951, as a consequence of the disastrous course of World War III. Humphrey was seen as being the farthest to the political left. Unfortunately, Humphrey and several of his rivals were killed in May 1952 when the Soviet Union successfully dropped an atomic bomb on Washington, DC.

Hubert Humphrey in The Man With the Iron Heart

Hubert Humphrey was the mayor of Minneapolis after World War II. When Diana McGraw came to Minneapolis' Loring Park to organize a rally against the continued occupation of Germany in 1946, Mayor Humphrey made his way to the stage, and began an impromptu speech begging the audience to think twice about what they were doing. When Diana McGraw threatened to have him arrested for disrupting their rally, Humphrey retreated.

Hubert Humphrey in Worldwar

Hubert Humphrey was Governor of Minnesota when he became the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in 1964. His running mate was Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. The Democratic ticket was easily defeated by the incumbent Republican ticket of President Earl Warren and Vice President Harold Stassen (a fellow Minnesotan). The Warren ticket took 39 states, with the remainder going to Humphrey.

Hubert Humphrey in Southern Victory

In the late 1930s, a pharmacist from Minneapolis had planned to open a shop in Rosenfeld, Manitoba in Occupied Canada. However, concerns over anti-US violence dissuaded the pharmacist from making the move. The building he'd planned to rent was instead converted into a library.