Mondale, Walter F., 1928-
Biography:
"Senator from Minnesota and Vice President of the United States; born in Ceylon, Martin County, Minn., January 5, 1928; attended the Heron Lake and Elmore, Minn., public schools; attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.; graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School 1956; admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1956 and commenced practice in Minneapolis; appointed and elected attorney general of Minnesota in 1960 and reelected in 1962; member of the President's Consumer Advisory Council 1960-1964; appointed on December 30, 1964, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hubert H. Humphrey for the term ending January 3, 1967; elected in 1966 for the term commencing January 3, 1967; reelected in 1972 and served from December 30, 1964, until his resignation December 30, 1976; chairman, Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity (Ninety-first and Ninety-second Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with President Jimmy Carter on November 2, 1976; inaugurated January 20, 1977, and served until January 20, 1981; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for reelection; unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1984; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan, 1993-1996; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2002; is a resident of Minneapolis, Minn."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- MFDP--Clippings, 1964-1970 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 5) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- MFDP--General papers, 1963-1965, part 1 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 1, Segment 2, Part 1) (Pamphlets)
- MFDP--General papers, 1965-1971, part 2 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 2, Part 2) (Reports)
- Romaine--Anne Romaine Interviews, 1966-1967 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 1069, Folder 1) (Transcripts)
- Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003 (University of South Carolina)
- James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Eastland and Walter Mondale in Capitol Chambers, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland and Walter Mondale in Capitol Chambers, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland and Walter Mondale in Capitol Chambers, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland at a Senate committee chairmen meeting with Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Robert Byrd, Mike Mansfield (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland standing with Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey, Robert Byrd, and four unidentified men (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (Gelatin silver prints)
- Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale at meeting with Senate Committee Chairmen at the U.S. Capitol (Gelatin silver prints)
- Senate hearing with Walter Mondale and John C. Stennis. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Senate hearing with Walter Mondale and John C. Stennis. (Black-and-white photographs)