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| In office January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Succeeded by | George H. W. Bush |
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| Election date November 6, 1984 |
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| Running mate | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Opponent(s) | Ronald Reagan (R) |
| Incumbent | Ronald Reagan (R) |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Carter |
| Succeeded by | Michael Dukakis |
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| In office December 30, 1964 – December 30, 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Hubert Humphrey |
| Succeeded by | Wendell Anderson |
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| In office September 21, 1993 – December 15, 1996 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Michael Armacost |
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| In office 1960 – 1964 |
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| Governor | Orville Freeman Elmer L. Andersen Karl Rolvaag |
| Preceded by | Miles W. Lord |
| Succeeded by | Robert W. Mattson, Sr. |
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Member of the President's Consumer Advisory Council
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| Born | January 5, 1928 Ceylon, Minnesota |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Joan Adams |
| Alma mater | Macalester College and University of Minnesota |
| Religion | Methodist |
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert Humphrey). The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. 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Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9 1918 February 20 2003 was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5 1955 to Elmer Lee Andersen ( June 17, 1909 November 15, 2004) was an American businessman philanthropist and the 30th Governor of Minnesota Karl Fritjof Rolvaag ( July 18 1913 December 20 1990) was a U Miles Welton Lord (born November 6 1919 in Dean Lake Township, Minnesota) is a former federal judge, appointed to the United Robert W Mattson Sr was the Minnesota Attorney General from 1964 to 1967. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. 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Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Politics of the United States takes place in the framework of a presidential, Federal republic where the President of the United States (the Head of The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL is a major Political party in the US state of Minnesota. Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving He was the forty-second Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) under President Jimmy Carter. 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Early life
Walter Frederick ("Fritz") Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, the son of Theodore Sigvaard Mondale, a United Methodist Church minister, and his wife Claribel Hope Cowan, an elementary school teacher. Ceylon is a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 413 at the 2000 census The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Mondale spent his boyhood in the small towns of southern Minnesota, where he attended public schools. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers His half-brother Lester Mondalle was a Unitarian minister. The American Unitarian Association (AUA was a Religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations
Mondale was educated at Macalester College in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota, where he earned his B. Macalester College is a private Coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul Minnesota. Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U The University of Minnesota Twin Cities ( U of M or The U) is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. A. in Political Science, graduating in 1950. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems He did not have the money for law school, so he enlisted in the U.S. Army to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The GI Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 PL346 58 Statutes at Large 284 provided for college or vocational education for returning He served for two years at Fort Knox during the Korean War, reaching the rank of corporal. Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1956, having also served on the Minnesota Law Review and as a law clerk in the Minnesota Supreme Court under Justice Thomas F. Gallagher. The University of Minnesota Law School, located in Minneapolis Minnesota, is a Professional school of the University of Minnesota. The Minnesota Law Review is a Law review published by students at University of Minnesota Law School. The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest Court in the US state of Minnesota and consists of seven members Thomas F Gallagher (b November 24 1897, Faribault Minnesota - d He began practicing law in Minneapolis, and continued to do so for four years before entering the political arena.
Entry into politics and U. S. Senator
Mondale has been involved in national politics since the 1940s. At the age of 20, he was already making a name in Minnesota politics by helping organize Hubert Humphrey's successful Senate campaign in 1948. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The US Senate election 1948 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Democratic President Harry
Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman appointed Mondale as the state's Attorney General in 1960, to fill the vacancy left by Miles Lord, who was appointed to the U. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9 1918 February 20 2003 was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5 1955 to Miles Welton Lord (born November 6 1919 in Dean Lake Township, Minnesota) is a former federal judge, appointed to the United S. Attorney General's office. Mondale had just successfully managed Freeman's gubernatorial campaign. Mondale was just 32, and only four years out of law school, when he became attorney general of Minnesota. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers He spent two terms as attorney general. He also served as a member of the President’s Consumer Advisory Council from 1960 to 1964.
On December 30, 1964, Mondale was appointed by Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by Hubert Humphrey's resignation after being elected Vice President of the United States. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the US state of Minnesota, leading the state's Executive branch. Karl Fritjof Rolvaag ( July 18 1913 December 20 1990) was a U The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death
In 1966, Mondale defeated Republican candidate Robert A. The US Senate election 1966 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the term of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Forsythe, 53. 9% to 45. 2%. In 1972, George McGovern offered him an opportunity to be his running mate, which Mondale declined. George Stanley McGovern Instead, the voters of Minnesota returned Mondale to the Senate again in 1972 with over 57% of the vote. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The 1972 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate coinciding with the landslide re-election of Richard Nixon.
During his years as a senator, Mondale served on the Finance Committee, the Labor and Public Welfare Committee, Budget Committee, and the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Mark Brandt Dayton (born January 26, 1947) was a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party U The US Senate Committee on Finance (or less formally Senate Finance Committee) is a Standing committee of the United States Senate. The United States Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP generally considers matters relating to health education labor and pensions The United States Senate Committee on Budget was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The United States Senate Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to Banks and banking Price controls, Deposit He also served as chairman of the Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity and as chairman of the Intelligence Committee's Domestic Task Force. He additionally served as chairman of the Labor and Public Welfare Committee's subcommittee on Children and Youth, as well as chairman of the Senate subcommittee on social security financing. [1] As a Senator, Mondale enjoyed public renown for his role in the investigation of the Apollo 1 fire on January 27, 1967. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Mondale also served in 1975 on the Church Committee, which investigated abuses by U. The Church Committee is the common term referring to the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, a S. intelligence agencies. He served in the 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, and 94th congresses. Dates of sessions January 3 1963 – January 3 1965 First session January 9 1963 – December 30 The Eighty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and the Dates of sessions January 3 1967 – January 3 1969 First session January 10 1967 – December 15 The Ninety-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and the The Ninety-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and The Ninety-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and the The Ninety-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and
Vice President
When Jimmy Carter won the Democratic nomination for president in 1976, he chose Mondale as his running mate. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M The ticket was elected on November 2, 1976, and Mondale was inaugurated as Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1977. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays He became the fourth vice president in four years.
He was the first vice president to reside at the official vice presidential residence, Number One Observatory Circle. Number One Observatory Circle is the Official residence of the Vice President of the United States.
Under Carter, Mondale traveled extensively throughout the nation and the world advocating the administration's foreign policy. Mondale was the first vice president to have an office in the White House, and established the concept of "activist Vice President". He expanded the vice president's role from that of figurehead to presidential adviser, full-time participant, and troubleshooter for the administration. In politics a figurehead, by Metaphor with the carved figurehead at the prow of a sailing ship is a person who holds an important title or office yet executes little Subsequent vice presidents have followed this model in the administrations in which they serve. Mondale established the tradition of weekly lunches with the president, which continues to this day.
Carter and Mondale were renominated at the 1980 Democratic National Convention, but lost to the Republican Ticket. The 1980 National Convention of the US Democratic Party nominated President Jimmy Carter for President and Vice President Walter Mondale That same year, Mondale opened the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York (Ronald Reagan was the first president to open the Olympic Games in the U. The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in February Lake Placid is a Village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. S. , held in Los Angeles in 1984).
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Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale are the longest-living post-presidential team in American history. The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent Ronald Reagan James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 On December 11, 2007, they had been out of office for 26 years and 325 days, surpassing the former record established by President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson, who both died on July 4, 1826.
Presidential nominee of 1984
After losing the 1980 election in a landslide, he returned briefly to the practice of law at Winston and Strawn, a large Chicago-based law firm. The United States presidential election of 1984 was a contest between the incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate and former Vice President Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Mondale ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1984 election. The United States presidential election of 1984 was a contest between the incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate and former Vice President He was the frontrunner in the race, facing competition from Rev. Jesse Jackson and Senator Gary Hart of Colorado. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr (born October 8 1941 is an American Civil rights activist and Baptist minister. For the football player see Gary Hart (footballer. Gary Hart (born Gary Warren Hartpence, November 28, 1936 Jackson's support dried up after he made an off-the-record reference to Jews as "Hymies" and New York City as "Hymietown. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The City of New York " Mondale used the Wendy's slogan "Where's the beef?" to describe Hart's policies as lacking depth. Wendy's is an international chain of Fast food Restaurants founded by Dave Thomas in 1969 in Columbus Ohio. " Where's the beef? " is a Catch phrase best known in the United States and Canada. Mondale clinched the nomination with the majority of delegates on the first ballot.
When he made his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention, Mondale said: "By the end of my first term, I will reduce the Reagan budget deficit by two-thirds. Let's tell the truth. It must be done, it must be done. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. "[2] While this was meant to show that Mondale would be honest with voters, it was largely interpreted as a campaign pledge to raise taxes, which was unappealing to some voters. In 1986, Reagan did sign into law a bill that lowered taxes for corporations and raised the tax rates for individual taxpayers, raising the bottom tax rate from 11% to 15% and lowering the top tax rate from 50% to 28% (Tax Reform Act of 1986). The US Congress passed the Tax Reform Act (TRA of 1986 ( to simplify the Income tax code broaden the tax base and eliminate many Tax shelters
At the Democratic Convention, Mondale chose U.S. Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York as his running mate, making her the first woman nominated for that position by a major party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Geraldine Anne Ferraro (born August 26 1935) is an attorney and a Democratic politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Aides later said that Mondale was determined to establish a precedent with his vice presidential candidate, considering San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, also a female, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African American, and San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, a Mexican American, as other finalists for the nomination. Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (ˈfаɪnˌstаɪn (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U Thomas J "Tom" Bradley ( December 29, 1917 &ndash September 29, 1998) was a five-term mayor of Los Angeles, California Henry Gabriel Cisneros (born June 11, 1947) is an American politician businessman and community leader [3] Others however preferred Senator Lloyd Bentsen because he would appeal to the Deep South, or even nomination rival Gary Hart who was expected to perform ten points better than Mondale in a hypothetical matchup with President Reagan. Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr ( February 11 1921 – May 23 2006) was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993 from Texas For the football player see Gary Hart (footballer. Gary Hart (born Gary Warren Hartpence, November 28, 1936 Ferraro, as a Catholic, came under fire from some members of the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church for being pro-choice. Overview See also Ethical aspects of abortion Pro-choice advocates emphasize their beliefs that having a child is a personal choice that affects a woman's body and Further controversy erupted over her changing positions regarding the release of her husband's tax returns.
Mondale ran a liberal campaign, supporting a nuclear freeze and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This article is about John Rawls's book 'Political Liberalism The nuclear freeze was a proposed agreement between the world's nuclear powers primarily the United States and the then- Soviet Union, to freeze all production The Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA) is a failed proposed amendment to the United States Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights under the He spoke against what he considered to be unfairness in Reagan's economic policies and the need to reduce federal budget deficits. A budget deficit occurs when an Entity (often a Government) spends more Money than it takes in However, he was going up against a popular incumbent and his campaign was widely considered ineffective. Also, he was perceived as supporting the poor at the expense of the middle class. Southern whites and northern blue collar workers who usually voted Democrat switched their support to Reagan because they credited him with the economic boom and saw him as strong on national security issues. Reagan Democrat is an American political term used by political analysts to denote traditionally Democratic voters especially white working-class
In the first televised debate, Mondale put in an unexpectedly strong performance, questioning Reagan's age and capacity to endure the grueling demands of the presidency (Reagan was the oldest person to serve as president -- 73 at the time -- while Mondale was 56). However, in the next debate on October 21, 1984, Reagan effectively neutralized the issue by quipping, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. "
In the election, Mondale was defeated in a landslide, winning only the District of Columbia (which had never been won by a Republican candidate) and his home state of Minnesota, and even there he came with in less than 3,800 votes of a total shut-out. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D [4]), thus securing only 13 electoral votes to Reagan's 525. The result was the worst electoral defeat for any Democratic Party candidate in history, and the worst for any major-party candidate since Alf Landon's loss to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon ( September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American Republican Politician The United States presidential election of 1936 took place as the Great Depression entered its eighth year
Mondale won 37,577,352 votes — a total of 40. 6% of the popular vote in the election. Mondale received 40% or higher in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States
Private citizen and ambassador
Following the election, Mondale returned again to private law practice, with Dorsey & Whitney in Minnesota in 1987. Dorsey & Whitney LLP (or "Dorsey" is a large law firm, with close to 700 lawyers and 850 staff located in 19 offices in the United States, Canada From 1986 to 1993, Mondale was chairman of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs ( NDIIA or NDI) is an organization created by the United States government by way of the
Under the presidency of Bill Clinton, he was U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996, chaired a bipartisan group to study campaign finance reform, and was Clinton's special envoy to Indonesia in 1998. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The United States Ambassador to Japan is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States to Japan. Campaign finance reform is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in Politics, primarily in Political The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.
Until his appointment as U. S. Ambassador to Japan, Mondale was a Distinguished University Fellow in Law and Public Affairs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, at the University of Minnesota. The Hubert H Humphrey Institute ranks among the top 15 professional schools of public affairs at public universities in the country The University of Minnesota Twin Cities ( U of M or The U) is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. In 1990, Mondale established the Mondale Policy Forum at the Humphrey Institute. The forum has brought together leading scholars and policymakers for annual conferences on domestic and international issues. He also served on nonprofit boards of directors for the Guthrie Theatre Foundation, Mayo Foundation, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Diogenes Institute of Higher Learning, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, RAND Corporation and the University of Minnesota Foundation. The Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance production education and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His corporate board memberships included BlackRock Advantage Term Trust and other BlackRock Mutual Funds, Cargill Incorporated, CNA Financial Corporation, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, First Financial Fund and other Prudential Mutual Funds, Northwest Airlines and United HealthCare Corporation. Northwest Airlines Inc (often abbreviated NWA) is the principal subsidiary
Mondale spoke before the Senate on September 4, 2002, when he delivered his lecture. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. [5]
2002 Senate election and beyond
In 2002, Democratic US Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, who was running for re-election, died in a plane crash just 11 days before the November 5 election. The 2002 United States Senate election featured a series of fiercely-contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party, which gained two seats and The Minnesota United States Senate election 2002 was between incumbent Paul Wellstone and Mayor of Saint Paul Norm Coleman. Paul David Wellstone ( July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was a two-term U An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) At the age of 74, Mondale replaced Wellstone on the ballot, at the urging of Wellstone's relatives. (This Senate seat was the one that Mondale himself had held, prior to resigning in order to become Vice President in 1977. )
During their only debate, Mondale came out swinging against the Republican nominee, Norm Coleman. Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman Jr (born August 17, 1949) is an American politician who has served as a U Mondale emphasized his own experience in foreign affairs while painting Coleman as a finger-in-the-wind opportunist. "We've seen you shift around, Norman," Mondale intoned, alluding to Coleman's past as an anti-war college activist and, more recently, as a Democrat who had changed his party allegiance to the GOP while serving as mayor of St. Paul.
Mondale lost the election, finishing with 1,067,246 votes (47. 34%) to Coleman's 1,116,697 (49. 53%) out of 2,254,639 votes cast.
The election was also marked by the controversy surrounding Senator Wellstone's funeral, which some critics, including former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (I), considered to have been overly partisan. Paul David Wellstone ( July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was a two-term U Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos) also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos) also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The
Upon conceding defeat, Mondale stated: "At the end of what will be my last campaign, I want to say to Minnesota, you always treated me well, you always listened to me. "[6]
In 2004 Mondale became co-chairman of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Right to Counsel Committee. The Constitution Project is an independent Nonprofit Think tank in the United States that builds Bipartisan consensus on significant [2] He endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for the President of the United States and supported her campaign for the White House in 2008. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from New York junior Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had expressed interest in the 2008 United States presidential [3] On June 3, 2008, following the final primary contests, Mondale switched his endorsement to Illinois Senator Barack Obama, who had clinched the nomination the previous evening. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Family
His wife, Joan (nėe Adams of Eugene, Oregon), is a national advocate for the arts and was the Honorary Chairman of the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities during the Carter Administration.
The Mondales' oldest son, Theodore A. "Ted" Mondale, is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Nazca Solutions, a technology fulfillment venture. He and his wife, Pam, are the parents of three children. He is also a former Minnesota state senator. In 1998, Mondale sought the Democratic primary nomination for Minnesota governor. The race included three other candidates from families famously connected in Minnesota politics: Skip Humphrey, the son of the late Vice President Hubert Humphrey (then Attorney General); Mark Dayton of the Dayton Department Store dynasty (then State Auditor); and Mike Freeman, son of former governor Orville Freeman (then Hennepin County, Minnesota district attorney). Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born 26 June 1942) is an American Politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving Mark Brandt Dayton (born January 26, 1947) was a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party U Michael O "Mike" Freeman, (b May 7, 1948) is a Minnesota attorney and politician in the United States. Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9 1918 February 20 2003 was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5 1955 to Hennepin County is the most populous County in the US state of Minnesota. Mondale, a fiscal moderate who had distanced himself from labor, did not prevail in the primary.
Later, in 1999, he was appointed as chairman of the Metropolitan Council by Governor Jesse Ventura. Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos) also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The He oversaw the initiation of high density housing/retail development in the Twin Cities, as well as light-rail transportation planning from the suburban areas to the central cities.
The Mondales' daughter, Eleanor, is a television personality, who began her television career at a Minneapolis local television affiliate, then reporting for the E! Online cable channel and eventually the CBS show "This Morning. Eleanor Jane Mondale (born January 19, 1960) is an American Radio personality Television host and Actor. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. " She has also had small roles in a few movies and TV shows. Ms. Mondale has been battling brain cancer since 2005. A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons The cancer had been in remission through the summer of 2006, but she announced in February 2008 that a small tumor had returned and she would seek treatment at the Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic is a Non-profit medical practice Its headquarters the Mayo Medical School and its research facilities are in Rochester Minnesota in Ms. Mondale is currently co-host of WCCO Radio's midday show with Susie Jones, following the retirement of Pat Miles.
Mondale's youngest son, William H. Mondale, is an attorney and a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Minnesota from 1990 to 2000. He is currently the Director of International Business Development for Petters Consumer Brands LLC in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Walter Mondale continues to maintain a residence near Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, where he can frequently be seen walking his dogs. Lake of the Isles is a Lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota connected to Cedar Lake and Lake Calhoun. Mondale is known as a down-to-earth, friendly neighbor and an avid fan of the British comedy troupe Monty Python. Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British Television Although his family has been associated with Methodism, Mondale is a Presbyterian. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity
He enjoys fishing, reading Shakespeare and historical accounts, barbecuing, skiing, and tennis. William Shakespeare ( baptised [7]
In popular culture
- In Aaron Spelling's teen drama, Beverly Hills, 90210 the character Brandon Walsh honored Walter Mondale by naming his car after him. Beverly Hills 90210 was a Prime time television drama series that aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on
- In Futurama Season 2 Episode 2 "Mars University", character Amy Wong makes mention of him when she says, "Boring! Let's hear about Walter Mondale already. " This remark was made to a professor who was drawn to look like Mondale.
- One of his ads for his presidential campaign was featured on The Daily Show on March 3, 2008 as a satirical comparison to an ad of Hillary Clinton's. The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- In the Simpsons episode, "Bart vs. Australia", the Simpson family escapes from Australia with help from a helicopter pilot who lands them on the USS Walter Mondale, a "laundry-ship"
- In the American Dad episode, "The Best Christmas Story Never", Stan goes back in time and alters the past, where Walter Mondale becomes the President instead of Ronald Reagan, however quickly hands over the US to the Soviet Union. " Bart vs Australia " is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons ' sixth season, which originally aired on the Fox network American Dad! is a satirical American animated series produced by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions for 20th Century " The Best Christmas Story Never " is the ninth episode of the second season of the Animated series American Dad!. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
Published works
Twelve Years and Thirteen Days: Remembering Paul and Sheila Wellstone, co-written with Terry Gydesen, was published in 2003; Crisis and Opportunity in a Changing Japan, co-written with William Regis Farrell, was published in 1999; and The Accountability of Power: Toward a Responsible Presidency, was written in 1976.
Norwegian ancestry
Mondale has always maintained strong ties to his ancestral Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional His family surname was originally Mundal and it originated in Mundal, Fjærland, Norway. Fjærland is a village in Sogndal municipality along the Fjærlandfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county Norway. [8] Coincidentally, when he entered the Senate in 1964 he took over the seat of vice president Hubert Humphrey, another Norwegian-American. Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving Norwegian Americans (norskamerikanere are Americans of Norwegian descent In later years Mondale has served on the executive committee of the Peace Prize Forum, an annual conference co-sponsored by the Norwegian Nobel Institute and five Midwestern colleges of Norwegian heritage. The Norwegian Nobel Institute (Det Norske Nobelinstitutt was established in 1904 in Kristiania (today Oslo) Norway. In connection with Norway's Centennial Celebration in 2005, he chaired the committee to promote and develop cultural activities between Norway and Norwegian-American organizations. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During the 1984 Presidential election he was even nicknamed "Norwegian wood", a play on the Beatles song, his ancestry and his appearance. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown " is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul.
While he was in office, Twin Cities Public Television produced a documentary about him entitled Walter Mondale: There's a Fjord in Your Past, a play on the well-known advertising slogan, "There's a Ford in Your Future. Twin Cities Public Television (TPT is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul Minnesota, United States, that operates the Twin Cities ' two PBS Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following "
On 5 December 2007, Norwegian minister of foreign affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre announced that Walter Mondale would be named Honorary Consul-General of Norway, representing the Norwegian state in Minnesota. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jonas Gahr Støre (born 25 August, 1960 in Oslo) is the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, having been appointed in the Second [9]
Electoral history
Notes
- ^ [1]
- ^ Mondale's Acceptance Speech, 1984, AllPolitics
- ^ Trying to Win the Peace, by Even Thomas, TIME Magazine
- ^ 1984 Presidential Election Data — Minnesota
- ^ Address by Vice President Walter Mondale, September 4, 2002 in the United States Senate
- ^ Mondale Concedes to Coleman, Fox News Channel
- ^ Biography of Walter F. Mondale
- ^ Information Fjærland website
- ^ Walter Mondale to be new Consul General in Minneapolis, press release from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
References
- Gillon, Steven M. Electoral history of Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States and 1984 Democratic Party presidential nominee Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and The Democrats’ Dilemma: Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy. 1992
- Mondale, Walter. The Accountability of Power. 1975.
External links
- 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
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Nelson Rockefeller |
Vice President of the United States January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
Succeeded by George H. W. Bush |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Hubert Humphrey |
Senator from Minnesota (Class 2) 1964 – 1976 Served alongside: Eugene McCarthy, Hubert Humphrey |
Succeeded by Wendell Anderson |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sargent Shriver |
Democratic Party vice presidential candidate 1976, 1980 |
Succeeded by Geraldine Ferraro |
| Preceded by Jimmy Carter |
Democratic Party presidential candidate 1984 |
Succeeded by Michael Dukakis |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Miles Lord |
Minnesota Attorney General 1960 – 1964 |
Succeeded by Robert W. Mattson, Sr. |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by Michael Armacost |
United States Ambassador to Japan 1993 – 1996 |
Succeeded by Tom Foley |
| Order of precedence in the United States of America | ||
| Preceded by Gordon H. Mansfield |
United States order of precedence Former Vice President of the United States |
Succeeded by Dan Quayle |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Mondale, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mondale, Walter Frederick "Fritz" |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | forty-second Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ceylon, Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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