Muriel Humphrey

Muriel Fay Buck Humphrey Brown (born February 20, 1912 in Huron , Beadle County , South Dakota ; † September 20, 1998 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was the wife of Hubert H. Humphreys , the former Vice President of the United States , and a US Senator .

After graduating from state schools, she attended Huron College . In 1936 she married Hubert Humphrey. With him she had three sons and a daughter. When her husband died in January 1978, she temporarily took his vacant seat in the US Senate in Washington, DC until November of the same year . In 1979 she married again. Muriel Humphrey spent her retirement in Plymouth, Minnesota. She was buried in Minneapolis.

Her son Skip became a politician and served as Attorney General of Minnesota from 1983 to 1999 . In 1998 he lost the election for the Senate seat previously held by his father and mother against David Durenberger .

Web links

Commons : Muriel Humphrey - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Muriel Humphrey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

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SURNAME	Humphrey, Muriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Humphrey Brown, Muriel Fay Buck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician, wife of US Vice President Hubert Humphrey and senator
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Huron , South Dakota
DATE OF DEATH	September 20, 1998
Place of death	Minneapolis , Minnesota