Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician who was the forty-second Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) under President Jimmy Carter.[1] He was a two-term United States Senator from Minnesota. Mondale was the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1984. His vice presidential nominee, Geraldine Ferraro, was the first woman to be nominated. He only got a majority of votes in Minnesota and the District of Columbia, and lost to Ronald Reagan in the other 49 states.
Walter Mondale | |
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| 42nd Vice President of the United States | |
| In office January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Succeeded by | George H. W. Bush |
| United States Senator from Minnesota | |
| In office December 30, 1964 – December 30, 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Humphrey |
| Succeeded by | Wendell Anderson |
| 24th United States Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office September 21, 1993 – December 15, 1996 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Michael Armacost |
| Succeeded by | Tom Foley |
| 23rd Attorney General of Minnesota | |
| In office 1960–1964 | |
| Governor | Orville Freeman Elmer L. Andersen Karl Rolvaag |
| Preceded by | Miles W. Lord |
| Succeeded by | Robert W. Mattson, Sr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Walter Frederick Mondale January 5, 1928 Ceylon, Minnesota, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Adams (m. 1955-2014; her death) |
| Relations | Lester Mondale (half-brother, deceased) |
| Children | Theodore Eleanor (deceased) William |
| Alma mater | Macalester College and University of Minnesota |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1951–1953 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | Fort Knox |
Mondale was the first Vice President to have an office. He made the role of Vice President more important than it once was, by having weekly meetings with President Carter.
During the Bill Clinton presidency, he was the Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996.
Mondale was hospitalized with influenza at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, in March 2015.[2]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "U.S. Senate: Walter F. Mondale, 42nd Vice President (1977-1981)". www.senate.gov.
- ↑ CNN, Ralph Ellis, Faith Karimi and Deborah Doft. "Former VP Walter Mondale released from hospital". CNN.
Other websitesEdit
- Congressional biography
- Senate Leaders Lecture Series Address
- Minnesota Public Radio: Coleman, Mondale debate on eve of election (November 4, 2002) — featuring audio of the 2002 debate
- Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service
- Great Norwegians
- Two Views from Pennsylvania Avenue
- List of New York Times articles on Mondale
- Senator Mondale transfers money from NASA to social programs using political maneuvers
- AmericanHeritage.com / Lost in Space What Went Wrong with NASA?
- Walter F. Mondale: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Society
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