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Mondale to Head Japan Mission Ends Vice Presidency Obscurity
Walter Mondale will become U S ambassador to Japan, a historic move that breaks the usual post‑office fade for ex‑vice presidents. The piece notes how past vice presidents faded from memory, cites Colfax as the only ex‑VP to die in Minnesota, and contrasts Mondale’s continuing prominence with earlier figures.
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Colfax
Ulysses S. Grant
Minnesota
John Adams
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garner
Mondale
Japan