Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale was born on January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota, USA as Walter Frederick Mondale.

U.S. senator from Minnesota, 30 December 1964 - 30 December 1976. Appointed to fill the unexpired term of Hubert H. Humphrey, who resigned after being elected vice president. Like Humphrey, he also resigned from the Senate after he was elected vice president.

U.S. Vice President, 20 January 1977 - 20 January 1981.

The only electoral votes he won in the 1984 presidential election were from Minnesota, his home state, and the District of Columbia.

Made a surprising comeback in 2002, when he ran for the Senate to replace the late Paul Wellstone, who was killed in a plane-crash. However, contrary to earlier polls, he lost to his 20 years younger adversary, Norm Coleman, who earlier in the race had described it "like running against Mt. Rushmore".

In connection with Norway's Centennial Celebration in 2005, Mondale chaired the committee to promote and develop cultural activities between Norway and Norwegian-American organizations.

Wife Joan, named honorary chairperson of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities by Jimmy Carter, died of an undisclosed illness in Minneapolis, MN. [February 3, 2014].

On Friday 5 January 2018, Mondale celebrated his 90th birthday making him the 6th U.S. Vice President to reach the age of 90.

On Wednesday February 6 2019, 4 days before she launched her 2020 Democratic Presidential Campaign He endorsed fellow Democrat and Minnesota Native, Amy Klobuchar for U.S. President in the 2020 US Presidential Election in which he stated that she would have a better shot at the White House than he did when he ran in 1984 and lost to Ronald Reagan.