1. Muriel Fay Humphrey Brown was an American politician who served as the second lady of the United States from 1965 to 1969, and as a US Senator from Minnesota in 1978.
13 Facts About Muriel Humphrey
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Muriel Humphrey was married to the 38th vice president of the United States, Hubert Humphrey.
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Muriel Humphrey attended Huron College and met her future husband; Hubert Humphrey in 1934, when she was twenty-two years old and working as a bookkeeper.
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Muriel Humphrey had four children: Hubert III, Nancy, Robert, and Douglas.
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The Humphreys built a home and moved to Waverly, a small village west of Minneapolis, in the mid-1950s and maintained it as their primary residence until Hubert Humphrey was elected vice president in the US presidential election of 1964.
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Muriel Humphrey served as an informal adviser to her husband after he entered politics.
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Hubert Humphrey ran for his party's nomination in the Presidential primaries of 1960, losing to John F Kennedy; during this campaign, Muriel made speeches for him in Wisconsin.
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Muriel Humphrey served as a member of the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities from 1966 to 1969, convened many meetings of women associated with the Democratic Party, and travelled extensively.
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Hubert Muriel Humphrey died of bladder cancer on January 13,1978.
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Muriel Humphrey was nominated by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and subsequently appointed to the Senate vacancy by Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, serving from January 25,1978, to November 7,1978, in the 95th Congress.
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Muriel Humphrey was the first spouse of a former vice president to serve in Congress as well as the first woman to represent Minnesota in the US Senate, preceding the Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.
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Muriel Humphrey had years of experience as a public speaker, and was an active senator.
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In 1981, Muriel Humphrey married Max Brown, a friend from childhood.