About
Minnesota senator who ran for the US presidency in 1968 but lost to Richard Nixon. He was the Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969.
Before Fame
He earned a pharmacist's license and spent seven years employed at his family's drugstore.
Trivia
He was the lead author of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964
Family Life
He married bookkeeper Muriel Buck in 1934; the couple remained together until his death forty-two years later.
Associated With
He ran and lost in the 1968 presidential election to Richard Nixon.
