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House That Humphrey Built in Minnesota’s Political Rise
A former Minnesota journalist recalls Hubert Humphrey’s rise from a 1943 mayoral candidate to a powerful U S senator. He details encounters in Fargo Moorhead and Minneapolis, the bean feed speeches, and confrontations with Charlie Nicholas, noting patter, politics, and the senator’s enduring legacy and controversial image.
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Jefferson Junior High School
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Hubert
Minnesota
Gopher
Humphrey
North Dakota
Fargo Moorhead
Fargo
Hester
Wayne Goodsite
F M
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Democratic Farmer- Labor Party
DFL
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Bobby Kennedy
Clarice
Otter Tail County
Goldwater
Otter Tail
Senate
Paradise
Jack Kennedy
West Virginia
Otter Tzil
Martin
Martin County
Charlie Nicholas
Charlie
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Kennedy
Humphey
Navy
Ohio