Presidential Candidate, Minn. U.S. Senator Walter Mondale Autograph Letter Photo

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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & MINNESOTA U.S. SENATOR WALTER F. MONDALE AUTOGRAPHED LETTER AND PHOTO
Typed letter signed dated 5/18/1983 forwarding an autographed photo with an 8 x 10 color photo both signed "Fritz".
In fine condition
Walter Frederick
"
Fritz
"
Mondale
(born January 5, 1928) is an American politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as the 42nd
vice president of the United States
from 1977 to 1981. A
United States senator
from
Minnesota
(1964–1976), he was the
Democratic Party
's
nominee
in the
1984 United States presidential election
, but lost to incumbent
Ronald Reagan
in an
Electoral College
and popular vote
landslide
. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of
Minnesota
and the
District of Columbia
. In October 2002, Mondale became the last-minute choice of the
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
to run for
Senate
after the death of Senator
Paul Wellstone
, but was defeated by
Saint Paul
Mayor
Norm Coleman
. Mondale became the
oldest living
former U.S. vice president after the death of
George H. W. Bush
in 2018.
Mondale was born in
Ceylon, Minnesota
, and graduated from the
University of Minnesota
in 1951 after attending
Macalester College
. He then served in the
United States Army
during the
Korean War
before earning a
law degree
in 1956. He married
Joan Adams
in 1955. Working as a lawyer in
Minneapolis
, Mondale was appointed
Minnesota Attorney General
in 1960 by Governor
Orville Freeman
and was elected to a full term as attorney general in 1962 with 60% of the vote. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor
Karl Rolvaag
upon the resignation of Senator
Hubert Humphrey
following Humphrey's election as vice president in 1964. Mondale was elected to a full Senate term in 1966 and reelected in 1972, resigning in 1976 as he prepared to succeed to the vice presidency in 1977. While in the Senate, he supported
consumer protection
,
fair housing
,
tax reform
, and the
desegregation
of schools. Importantly, he served as a member of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities ("
Church Committee
").
[1]
In
1976
,
Jimmy Carter
, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Mondale as his vice-presidential running mate. The Carter–Mondale ticket defeated incumbent president
Gerald Ford
and his vice presidential running mate,
Bob Dole
. Carter and Mondale's time in office was marred by a worsening economy and they lost the
1980 election
to Republicans Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. In
1984
, Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination and campaigned for a
nuclear freeze
, the
Equal Rights Amendment
, an increase in taxes, and a reduction of
U.S. public debt
. His vice presidential nominee was
Geraldine Ferraro
, a Congresswoman from
New York
, the first female vice-presidential nominee of any major party. Mondale and Ferraro lost the election to the incumbents Reagan and Bush.
After his defeat, Mondale joined the Minnesota-based law firm
Dorsey & Whitney
and the
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
(1986–93). President
Bill Clinton
appointed Mondale
United States Ambassador to Japan
in 1993; he retired in 1996. In
2002
, Mondale ran for his old Senate seat, agreeing to be the last-minute replacement for Democratic Senator
Paul Wellstone
, who died in a plane crash less than two weeks before the election. Mondale narrowly lost the race to
Saint Paul
mayor
Norm Coleman
. He then returned to working at Dorsey & Whitney and remained active in the Democratic Party. Mondale later took up a part-time teaching position at the
University of Minnesota
's
Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
.
[2]
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