Originally trained as a pharmacist, he moved into politics eventually and served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign manager for his home state in 1944.
Originally trained as a pharmacist, he moved into politics eventually and served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign manager for his home state in 1944. One of his early political successes was overseeing the merger of his state's Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties in the mid 1940's. He first rose to national prominence when he gave a speech supporting civil rights at the 1948 Democratic convention while still mayor of Minneapolis. FTP, name this long-time senator from Minnesota and vice-president under Lyndon Johnson.
Originally trained as a pharmacist, he moved into politics eventually and served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign manager for his home state in 1944.
Hubert H. Humphrey