Hubert Horatio Humphrey served as the 38th vice president of the United States (1965–1969), as a United States senator from Minnesota (1949–1964 and 1971–1978), and as the 35th mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1945–1948).
1948 United States Senate election in Minnesota:Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 2, 1948 Hubert Humphrey (DFL) – 729,494 (59.78%) Joseph H. Ball (R) (inc.) – 485,801 (39.81%) Vincent Raymond Dunne (Socialist Workers) – 4,951 (0.41%)
1952 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1952 Estes Kefauver – 3,169,448 (65.04%) Pat Brown – 485,578 (9.97%) Richard B. Russell Jr. – 371,179 (7.62%) Matthew M. Neely – 191,471 (3.93%) Robert J. Bulkley – 184,880 (3.79%) Hubert Humphrey – 102,527 (2.10%) Adlai Stevenson II – 81,096 (1.66%) Dwight D. Eisenhower – 64,911 (1.33%) Harry S. Truman (inc.) – 62,345 (1.28%)
1952 Democratic National Convention (1st Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 21, 1952 Estes Kefauver – 340 Adlai Stevenson II – 273 Richard B. Russell Jr. – 268 W. Averell Harriman – 123.5 Robert S. Kerr – 65 Alben W. Barkely – 48.5 Paul A. Dever – 37.5 Scattering – 26.5 Hubert Humphrey – 26 J. William Fulbright – 22
Minnesota United States Senate election, 1954:Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 2, 1954 Hubert Humphrey (DFL) (inc.) – 642,193 (56.39%) Val Bjornson (R) – 479,619 (42.11%) Frank P. Ryan (I) – 12,457 (1.09%) Vincent Raymond Dunne (Socialist Workers) – 4,683 (0.41%)
1956 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): First ballot: Estes Kefauver – 466.5 John F. Kennedy – 294.5 Albert Gore Sr. – 178 Robert F. Wagner Jr. – 162.5 Hubert Humphrey – 134 Luther Hodges – 40 P. T. Maner – 33 LeRoy Collins – 29 Clinton Anderson – 16 Frank G. Clement – 14 Pat Brown – 1 Lyndon B. Johnson – 1 Stuart Symington – 1
Second ballot: John F. Kennedy – 618 Estes Kefauver – 551.5 Albert Gore Sr. – 110.5 Hubert Humphrey – 74.5 Robert F. Wagner Jr. – 9.5 Luther Hodges – 0.5
Third ballot: Estes Kefauver – 755.5 John F. Kennedy – 589 Albert Gore Sr. – 13.5 Robert F. Wagner Jr. – 6 Hubert Humphrey – 2
1960 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1960 John F. Kennedy – 1,847,259 (31.43%) Pat Brown – 1,354,031 (23.04%) George H. McLain – 646,387 (11.00%) Hubert Humphrey – 590,410 (10.05%) George Smathers – 322,235 (5.48%) Michael DiSalle – 315,312 (5.37%) Unpledged delegates – 241,958 (4.12%) Albert S. Potter – 208,057 (3.54%) Wayne Morse – 147,262 (2.51%) Adlai Stevenson II – 51,833 (0.88%)
1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 11, 1960 John F. Kennedy – 806 (52.89%) Lyndon B. Johnson – 409 (26.84%) Stuart Symington – 86 (5.64%) Adlai Stevenson II – 80 (5.25%) Robert Meyner – 43 (2.82%) Hubert Humphrey – 42 (2.76%) George Smathers – 30 (1.97%) Ross Barnett – 23 (1.51%) Herschel C. Loveless – 2 (0.13%) Pat Brown – 1 (0.07%) Orval E. Faubus – 1 (0.07%) Albert Rosellini – 1 (0.07%)
Minnesota United States Senate election, 1960: Hubert Humphrey (DFL) (inc.) – 884,168 (57.53%) P. Kenneth Peterson (R) – 648,586 (42.20%) Carl Feingold (Socialist Workers) – 4,085 (0.27%)
1964 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1964 Pat Brown – 1,693,813 (27.26%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 1,106,999 (17.82%) Sam Yorty – 798,431 (12.85%) George Wallace – 798,431 (12.85%) John W. Reynolds – 522,405 (8.41%) Albert S. Porter – 493,619 (7.94%) Matthew E. Welsh – 376,023 (6.05%) Daniel Brewster – 267,106 (4.30%) Jennings Randolph – 131,432 (2.12%) Unpledged – 81,614 (1.31%) Robert F. Kennedy – 36,258 (0.58%) Lar Daly – 15,160 (0.24%) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. – 8,495 (0.14%) Albert J. Easter – 8,275 (0.13%) Adlai Stevenson II – 800 (0.01%) Hubert Humphrey – 548 (0.01%)
1964 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Aug 24, 1964 Hubert Humphrey – 2,316 (100.00%)
1964 United States presidential election: Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) – 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried) Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) – 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried)
1968 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Mar 12, 1968 Eugene McCarthy – 2,914,933 (38.73%) Robert F. Kennedy – 2,305,148 (30.63%) Stephen M. Young – 549,140 (7.30%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 383,590 (5.10%) Thomas C. Lynch – 380,286 (5.05%) Roger D. Branigin – 238,700 (3.17%) George Smathers – 236,242 (3.14%) Hubert Humphrey – 166,463 (2.21%) Unpledged – 161,143 (2.14%) Scott Kelly – 128,899 (1.71%) George Wallace – 34,489 (0.46%) Richard Nixon (write-in) – 13,610 (0.18%) Ronald Reagan (write-in) – 5,309 (0.07%) Ted Kennedy – 4,052 (0.05%) Paul C. Fisher – 506 (0.01%) John G. Crommelin – 186 (0.00%)
1968 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Aug 26, 1968 Hubert Humphrey – 1,760 (67.43%) Eugene McCarthy – 601 (23.03%) George McGovern – 147 (5.63%) Channing E. Phillips – 68 (2.61%) Daniel K. Moore – 18 (0.69%) Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.50%) Paul Bryant – 1 (0.04%) James H. Gray – 1 (0.04%) George Wallace – 1 (0.04%)
1968 United States presidential election Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R) – 31,783,783 (43.4%) and 301 electoral votes (32 states carried) Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie (D) – 31,271,839 (42.7%) and 191 electoral votes (13 states and D.C. carried) George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (American Independent) – 9,901,118 (13.5%) and 46 electoral votes (5 states carried) Eugene McCarthy (I) – 25,634 Others – 243,258 (0.3%)
DFL primary for United States Senate from Minnesota, 1970:Our Campaigns – MN US Senate- D Primary Race – Sep 15, 1970 Hubert Humphrey – 338,705 (79.25%) Earl D. Craig – 88,709 (20.76%)
Minnesota United States Senate election, 1970:Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 3, 1970 Hubert Humphrey (DFL) – 788,256 (57.75%) Clark MacGregor (R) – 568,025 (41.62%) Nancy Strebe (Socialist Workers) – 6,122 (0.45%) William Braatz (Industrial Government) – 2,484 (0.18%)
1972 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Mar 7, 1972 Hubert Humphrey – 4,121,372 (25.77%) George McGovern – 4,053,451 (25.34%) George Wallace – 3,755,424 (23.48%) Edmund Muskie – 1,840,217 (11.51%) Eugene McCarthy – 553,990 (3.46%) Henry M. Jackson – 505,198 (3.16%) Shirley Chisholm – 430,703 (2.69%) Terry Sanford – 331,415 (2.07%) John Lindsay – 196,406 (1.23%) Samuel Yorty – 79,446 (0.50%) Wilbur Mills – 37,401 (0.23%) Walter E. Fauntroy – 21,217 (0.13%) Unpledged – 19,533 (0.12%) Ted Kennedy – 16,693 (0.10%) Vance Hartke – 11,798 (0.07%) Patsy Mink – 8,286 (0.05%) None – 6,269 (0.04%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972 George McGovern – 1,729 (57.37%) Henry M. Jackson – 525 (17.42%) George Wallace – 382 (12.67%) Shirley Chisholm – 152 (5.04%) Terry Sanford – 78 (2.59%) Hubert Humphrey – 67 (2.22%) Wilbur Mills – 34 (1.13%) Edmund Muskie – 25 (0.83%) Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.43%) Wayne L. Hays – 5 (0.17%) Eugene McCarthy – 2 (0.07%) Ramsey Clark – 1 (0.03%) Walter Mondale – 1 (0.03%)
1976 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1976 Jimmy Carter – 6,235,609 (39.27%) Jerry Brown – 2,449,374 (15.43%) George Wallace – 1,955,388 (12.31%) Mo Udall – 1,611,754 (10.15%) Henry M. Jackson – 1,134,375 (7.14%) Frank Church – 830,818 (5.23%) Robert Byrd – 340,309 (2.14%) Sargent Shriver – 304,399 (1.92%) Unpledged – 283,437 (1.79%) Ellen McCormack – 238,027 (1.50%) Fred R. Harris – 234,568 (1.48%) Milton Shapp – 88,254 (0.56%) Birch Bayh – 86,438 (0.54%) Hubert Humphrey – 61,992 (0.39%) Ted Kennedy – 19,805 (0.13%) Lloyd Bentsen – 4,046 (0.03%) Terry Sanford – 404 (0.00%)
1976 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 12, 1976 Jimmy Carter – 2,239 (74.48%) Mo Udall – 330 (10.98%) Jerry Brown – 301 (10.01%) George Wallace – 57 (1.90%) Ellen McCormack – 22 (0.73%) Frank Church – 19 (0.63%) Hubert Humphrey – 10 (0.33%) Henry M. Jackson – 10 (0.33%) Fred R. Harris – 9 (0.30%) Milton Shapp – 2 (0.07%) Robert Byrd – 2 (0.07%) Hugh Carey, César Chávez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, George McGovern, Edmund Muskie, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover – each 1 vote (0.03%)
Minnesota United States Senate election, 1976:Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 7, 1976 Hubert Humphrey (DFL) (inc.) – 1,290,736 (67.51%) Gerald Brekke (R) – 478,602 (25.03%) Paul Helm (American) – 125,612 (6.57%) William Peterson (Socialist Workers) – 9,380 (0.49%) Robin E. Miller (Libertarian) – 5,476 (0.29%) Matt Savola (Communist) – 2,214 (0.12%)
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