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He selected little-known Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine as his running mate. During the general election, Humphrey faced former Vice President Richard Nixon of California, the Republican Party nominee, and Governor of Alabama George Wallace, the American Independent Party nominee.
Aug 27, 2008 · That strategy changed 40 years ago when Vice President Hubert Humphrey chose Sen. Edmund Muskie as his running mate. Muskie was, quite simply, the best man, and Humphrey understood that...
After Lyndon B. Johnson acceded to the presidency, he chose Humphrey as his running mate, and the Democratic ticket won a landslide victory in the 1964 election. In March 1968, Johnson made his surprise announcement that he would not seek reelection, and Humphrey launched his campaign for the presidency .
After winning the Democratic presidential nomination at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey asked the convention to nominate Maine Senator Edmund Muskie as his running mate.
Listen to the phone conversation between President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey in 1968, when Humphrey announced his running mate Edmund Muskie. Johnson declined to attend the convention and said he would distract from Humphrey's nomination.
Jul 29, 2016 · Edmund Muskie – the v.p. nominee in 1968 – a party and a country in disarray. Edmund Muskie was the Democratic vice-Presidential running mate of Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 election.
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Apr 27, 2015 · In 1964, LBJ let it be known at the Democratic National Convention that Humphrey would be his running mate. By the time Humphrey launched his campaign in 1968, both Sens. Robert F. Kennedy...
