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1948 Democratic National Convention at Smithsonian Magazine; President Truman's Address to the 1948 Democratic National Convention Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; Hubert Humphrey's Civil Rights Speech (YouTube) Video of Truman nomination acceptance speech for President at DNC (via YouTube)
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, ... Humphrey served as mayor from 1945 to 1948, ... Also in his speech, Humphrey supported Johnson's Vietnam initiative, ...
Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey led the support for the Biemiller plank. In his speech to the convention, Humphrey memorably stated that "the time has come for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights!" [16]
WOLF: The fulcrum of the book is this 1948 Democratic convention and Humphrey’s civil rights speech there. Until 2016, 1948 was probably the biggest presidential election upset in US history.
Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States March 15, 1965 Joint session Voting rights: "We Shall Overcome" Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States September 14, 1965 Joint meeting Flight of Gemini 5: Gordon Cooper, Astronaut Pete Conrad, Astronaut January 12, 1966 Joint session State of the Union address
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: [1] Hubert Humphrey – 729,494 (59.78%)
The 1968 presidential campaign of Hubert Humphrey began when Hubert Humphrey, the 38th and incumbent Vice President of the United States, decided to seek the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States on April 27, 1968, after incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson withdrew his bid for reelection to a second full term on March 31, 1968, and endorsed him as his successor.
Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in 1944 and 1948, losing the latter election to Harry S. Truman in a major upset.