Electoral history of Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1911-1978), 38th Vice President of the United States, United States Senator from Minnesota (1949-1964 and 1971-1978), 35th Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1945-1948) and 1968 Democratic presidential nominee was involved in many statewide and national campaigns from 1940s to 1970s.

Minnesota United States Senate election, 1948:

• 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:

• 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. Eisenhover - 64,911 (1.33%)
• Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 62,345 (1.28%)

1952 Democratic National Convention (1st Presidential tally):

• 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:

• 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:

• 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):

• 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%)
• Kenneth Patterson (R) - 648,586 (42.20%)
• Carl Feingold (Socialist Workers) - 4,085 (0.27%)

1964 Democratic presidential primaries:

• 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):

• Hubert Humphrey - 2,316 (100.00%)

United States presidential election, 1964:

• 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:

• Eugene McCarthy - 2,914,933 (38.73%)
• Robert 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):

• 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%)

United States presidential election, 1968

• 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:

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

Minnesota United States Senate election, 1970:

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

1972 Democratic presidential primaries:

• 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):

• 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:

• 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):

• 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, Cesar Chavez, 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:

• 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%)

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