Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1882-1949) — also known asH. H. Humphrey — of Doland,SpinkCounty, S.Dak.; Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.Born in Albany,LinnCounty, Ore.,1882.Democrat.Druggist;chair ofSpink County Democratic Party, 1928; member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1937-38;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota,1948(member,CredentialsCommittee).Methodist.Englishancestry.Died in November,1949(ageabout67 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ralph W. Humphrey (c.1906-1967) — of Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.Born in Granite Falls,YellowMedicine County, Minn., about 1906.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromSouth Dakota,1956.Died, ofcancer,in St. BarnabasHospital,Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,August22, 1967 (ageabout 61years).Burial location unknown.  | Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (1911-1978) — also known asHubert H. Humphrey;"H.H.H.";"The Happy Warrior";"TheHump" —of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Wallace,CodingtonCounty, S.Dak.,May 27,1911.Democrat.Pharmacist;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952,1960,1964;mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978;member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidatefor Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1960,1972;VicePresident of the United States, 1965-69; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1968.Congregationalist.EnglishandNorwegianancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Council onForeign Relations;Knightsof Pythias;Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanFederation of Teachers.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.Died, ofcancer,at Waverly,WrightCounty, Minn.,January13, 1978 (age66 years, 231days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue atMinneapolis City Hall Grounds, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912-1998) — also known asMuriel Fay Buck;Muriel BuckHumphrey —of Waverly,WrightCounty, Minn.; Plymouth,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.,February20, 1912.Democrat.Second Ladyof the United States, 1965-69;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1978; appointed 1978.Female.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,September20, 1998 (age86 years, 212days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Hubert Horatio Humphrey III (b. 1942) — also known asSkip Humphrey — of New Hope,HennepinCounty, Minn.BornJune 26,1942.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate senate 44th District, 1973-82;Minnesotastate attorney general, 1983-99; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Minnesota,1984,1996(delegation chair); Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1988; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidateforGovernor ofMinnesota, 1998.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;OptimistClub;AlphaSigma Phi;AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons.Still living as of 2003. | | Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV — also known asBuck Humphrey — of Minnesota. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,2000;Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate forsecretaryof state of Minnesota, 2002.Still living as of 2002.
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