Electoral history of Hubert Humphrey explained

Hubert Horatio Humphrey served as the 38th vice president of the United States (1965 - 1969), as a United States senator from Minnesota (1949–1964 and 1971–1978), and as the 35th mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1945–1948).

1948 United States Senate election in Minnesota

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• Hubert Humphrey (DFL) – 729,494 (59.78%)
• Joseph H. Ball (R) (inc.) – 485,801 (39.81%)
• Vincent Raymond Dunne (Socialist Workers) – 4,951 (0.41%)

1952 Democratic presidential primaries

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• Estes Kefauver – 3,169,448 (65.04%)
• Pat Brown – 485,578 (9.97%)
• Richard B. Russell Jr. – 371,179 (7.62%)
• Matthew M. Neely – 191,471 (3.93%)
• Robert J. Bulkley – 184,880 (3.79%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 102,527 (2.10%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 81,096 (1.66%)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower – 64,911 (1.33%)
• Harry S. Truman (inc.) – 62,345 (1.28%)

1952 Democratic National Convention (1st Presidential tally):^[3]

• Estes Kefauver – 340
• Adlai Stevenson II – 273
• Richard B. Russell Jr. – 268
• W. Averell Harriman – 123.5
• Robert S. Kerr – 65
• Alben W. Barkely – 48.5
• Paul A. Dever – 37.5
• Scattering – 26.5
• Hubert Humphrey – 26
• J. William Fulbright – 22

Minnesota United States Senate election, 1954

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• Hubert Humphrey (DFL) (inc.) – 642,193 (56.39%)
• Val Bjornson (R) – 479,619 (42.11%)
• Frank P. Ryan (I) – 12,457 (1.09%)
• Vincent Raymond Dunne (Socialist Workers) – 4,683 (0.41%)

1956 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):First ballot:

• Estes Kefauver – 466.5
• John F. Kennedy – 294.5
• Albert Gore Sr. – 178
• Robert F. Wagner Jr. – 162.5
• Hubert Humphrey – 134
• Luther Hodges – 40
• P. T. Maner – 33
• LeRoy Collins – 29
• Clinton Anderson – 16
• Frank G. Clement – 14
• Pat Brown – 1
• Lyndon B. Johnson – 1
• Stuart Symington – 1

Second ballot:

• John F. Kennedy – 618
• Estes Kefauver – 551.5
• Albert Gore Sr. – 110.5
• Hubert Humphrey – 74.5
• Robert F. Wagner Jr. – 9.5
• Luther Hodges – 0.5

Third ballot:

• Estes Kefauver – 755.5
• John F. Kennedy – 589
• Albert Gore Sr. – 13.5
• Robert F. Wagner Jr. – 6
• Hubert Humphrey – 2

1960 Democratic presidential primaries

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• John F. Kennedy – 1,847,259 (31.43%)
• Pat Brown – 1,354,031 (23.04%)
• George H. McLain – 646,387 (11.00%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 590,410 (10.05%)
• George Smathers – 322,235 (5.48%)
• Michael DiSalle – 315,312 (5.37%)
• Unpledged delegates – 241,958 (4.12%)
• Albert S. Potter – 208,057 (3.54%)
• Wayne Morse – 147,262 (2.51%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 51,833 (0.88%)

1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[6]

• John F. Kennedy – 806 (52.89%)
• Lyndon B. Johnson – 409 (26.84%)
• Stuart Symington – 86 (5.64%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 80 (5.25%)
• Robert Meyner – 43 (2.82%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 42 (2.76%)
• George Smathers – 30 (1.97%)
• Ross Barnett – 23 (1.51%)
• Herschel C. Loveless – 2 (0.13%)
• Pat Brown – 1 (0.07%)
• Orval E. Faubus – 1 (0.07%)
• Albert Rosellini – 1 (0.07%)

Minnesota United States Senate election, 1960

• Hubert Humphrey (DFL) (inc.) – 884,168 (57.53%)
• P. Kenneth Peterson (R) – 648,586 (42.20%)
• Carl Feingold (Socialist Workers) – 4,085 (0.27%)

1964 Democratic presidential primaries

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• Pat Brown – 1,693,813 (27.26%)
• Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 1,106,999 (17.82%)
• Sam Yorty – 798,431 (12.85%)
• George Wallace – 798,431 (12.85%)
• John W. Reynolds – 522,405 (8.41%)
• Albert S. Porter – 493,619 (7.94%)
• Matthew E. Welsh – 376,023 (6.05%)
• Daniel Brewster – 267,106 (4.30%)
• Jennings Randolph – 131,432 (2.12%)
• Unpledged – 81,614 (1.31%)
• Robert F. Kennedy – 36,258 (0.58%)
• Lar Daly – 15,160 (0.24%)
• Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. – 8,495 (0.14%)
• Albert J. Easter – 8,275 (0.13%)
• Adlai Stevenson II – 800 (0.01%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 548 (0.01%)

1964 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[8]

• Hubert Humphrey – 2,316 (100.00%)

1964 United States presidential election

• Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) – 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried)
• Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) – 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried)

1968 Democratic presidential primaries

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• Eugene McCarthy – 2,914,933 (38.73%)
• Robert F. Kennedy – 2,305,148 (30.63%)
• Stephen M. Young – 549,140 (7.30%)
• Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 383,590 (5.10%)
• Thomas C. Lynch – 380,286 (5.05%)
• Roger D. Branigin – 238,700 (3.17%)
• George Smathers – 236,242 (3.14%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 166,463 (2.21%)
• Unpledged – 161,143 (2.14%)
• Scott Kelly – 128,899 (1.71%)
• George Wallace – 34,489 (0.46%)
• Richard Nixon (write-in) – 13,610 (0.18%)
• Ronald Reagan (write-in) – 5,309 (0.07%)
• Ted Kennedy – 4,052 (0.05%)
• Paul C. Fisher – 506 (0.01%)
• John G. Crommelin – 186 (0.00%)

1968 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[10]

• Hubert Humphrey – 1,760 (67.43%)
• Eugene McCarthy – 601 (23.03%)
• George McGovern – 147 (5.63%)
• Channing E. Phillips – 68 (2.61%)
• Daniel K. Moore – 18 (0.69%)
• Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.50%)
• Paul Bryant – 1 (0.04%)
• James H. Gray – 1 (0.04%)
• George Wallace – 1 (0.04%)

1968 United States presidential election

• Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R) – 31,783,783 (43.4%) and 301 electoral votes (32 states carried)
• Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie (D) – 31,271,839 (42.7%) and 191 electoral votes (13 states and D.C. carried)
• George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (American Independent) – 9,901,118 (13.5%) and 46 electoral votes (5 states carried)
• Eugene McCarthy (I) – 25,634
• Others – 243,258 (0.3%)

DFL primary for United States Senate from Minnesota, 1970:^[11]

• Hubert Humphrey – 338,705 (79.25%)
• Earl D. Craig – 88,709 (20.76%)

Minnesota United States Senate election, 1970

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• Hubert Humphrey (DFL) – 788,256 (57.75%)
• Clark MacGregor (R) – 568,025 (41.62%)
• Nancy Strebe (Socialist Workers) – 6,122 (0.45%)
• William Braatz (Industrial Government) – 2,484 (0.18%)

1972 Democratic presidential primaries

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• Hubert Humphrey – 4,121,372 (25.77%)
• George McGovern – 4,053,451 (25.34%)
• George Wallace – 3,755,424 (23.48%)
• Edmund Muskie – 1,840,217 (11.51%)
• Eugene McCarthy – 553,990 (3.46%)
• Henry M. Jackson – 505,198 (3.16%)
• Shirley Chisholm – 430,703 (2.69%)
• Terry Sanford – 331,415 (2.07%)
• John Lindsay – 196,406 (1.23%)
• Samuel Yorty – 79,446 (0.50%)
• Wilbur Mills – 37,401 (0.23%)
• Walter E. Fauntroy – 21,217 (0.13%)
• Unpledged – 19,533 (0.12%)
• Ted Kennedy – 16,693 (0.10%)
• Vance Hartke – 11,798 (0.07%)
• Patsy Mink – 8,286 (0.05%)
• None – 6,269 (0.04%)

1972 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[14]

• George McGovern – 1,729 (57.37%)
• Henry M. Jackson – 525 (17.42%)
• George Wallace – 382 (12.67%)
• Shirley Chisholm – 152 (5.04%)
• Terry Sanford – 78 (2.59%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 67 (2.22%)
• Wilbur Mills – 34 (1.13%)
• Edmund Muskie – 25 (0.83%)
• Ted Kennedy – 13 (0.43%)
• Wayne L. Hays – 5 (0.17%)
• Eugene McCarthy – 2 (0.07%)
• Ramsey Clark – 1 (0.03%)
• Walter Mondale – 1 (0.03%)

1976 Democratic presidential primaries

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• Jimmy Carter – 6,235,609 (39.27%)
• Jerry Brown – 2,449,374 (15.43%)
• George Wallace – 1,955,388 (12.31%)
• Mo Udall – 1,611,754 (10.15%)
• Henry M. Jackson – 1,134,375 (7.14%)
• Frank Church – 830,818 (5.23%)
• Robert Byrd – 340,309 (2.14%)
• Sargent Shriver – 304,399 (1.92%)
• Unpledged – 283,437 (1.79%)
• Ellen McCormack – 238,027 (1.50%)
• Fred R. Harris – 234,568 (1.48%)
• Milton Shapp – 88,254 (0.56%)
• Birch Bayh – 86,438 (0.54%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 61,992 (0.39%)
• Ted Kennedy – 19,805 (0.13%)
• Lloyd Bentsen – 4,046 (0.03%)
• Terry Sanford – 404 (0.00%)

1976 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):^[16]

• Jimmy Carter – 2,239 (74.48%)
• Mo Udall – 330 (10.98%)
• Jerry Brown – 301 (10.01%)
• George Wallace – 57 (1.90%)
• Ellen McCormack – 22 (0.73%)
• Frank Church – 19 (0.63%)
• Hubert Humphrey – 10 (0.33%)
• Henry M. Jackson – 10 (0.33%)
• Fred R. Harris – 9 (0.30%)
• Milton Shapp – 2 (0.07%)
• Robert Byrd – 2 (0.07%)
• Hugh Carey, César Chávez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, George McGovern, Edmund Muskie, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover – each 1 vote (0.03%)

Minnesota United States Senate election, 1976

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• Hubert Humphrey (DFL) (inc.) – 1,290,736 (67.51%)
• Gerald Brekke (R) – 478,602 (25.03%)
• Paul Helm (American) – 125,612 (6.57%)
• William Peterson (Socialist Workers) – 9,380 (0.49%)
• Robin E. Miller (Libertarian) – 5,476 (0.29%)
• Matt Savola (Communist) – 2,214 (0.12%)

Notes and References

1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47675 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 2, 1948
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55191 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1952
3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58373 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 21, 1952
4. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47674 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 2, 1954
5. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55200 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1960
6. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58375 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 11, 1960
7. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55202 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1964
8. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59947 Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Aug 24, 1964
9. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47021 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Mar 12, 1968
10. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58481 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Aug 26, 1968
11. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=344606 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate- D Primary Race – Sep 15, 1970
12. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6536 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 3, 1970
13. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46950 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Mar 7, 1972
14. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58482 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972
15. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55206 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 1, 1976
16. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58483 Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 12, 1976
17. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6491 Our Campaigns – MN US Senate Race – Nov 7, 1976