Walter F. Mondale

A 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. Special envoy to Indonesia (1998). Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate in 2002. Was a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. , until his death on April 19, 2021.