Skip Humphrey
American politician
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is an American retired politician who served from 1983 to 1999 as Minnesota Attorney General and from 1973 to 1983 as a member of the Minnesota Senate. Humphrey led the Office of Older Americans as the assistant director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Humphrey is a son of Vice President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey. He was the Democratic nominee in the hotly contested 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
Early life
Hubert Horatio Humphrey III was born on June 26, 1942, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Humphrey graduated from American University, where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Chi chapter, and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.
Political career
Humphrey was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1972 and served as a state senator from 1973 to 1983. He was elected Minnesota Attorney General in 1982, one of the DFL Party's most popular candidates ever in terms of popular vote. He served in the office for four consecutive terms, from 1983 to 1999.
On January 13, 1978, his father died of bladder cancer at the age of 66.
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