(1912-02-20)February 20, 1912 Huron, South Dakota, U.S.
Died
September 20, 1998(1998-09-20) (aged 86) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Hubert Humphrey
(m. 1936; died 1978)
Max Brown
(m. 1981)
Children
Hubert III
Nancy
Robert
Douglas
Parent(s)
Andrew E. Buck (father) Jessie Mae Pierce (mother)
Education
Huron University
Muriel Fay Humphrey Brown (née Buck; February 20, 1912 – September 20, 1998) was an American politician who served as the second lady of the United States from 1965 to 1969, and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 1978. She was married to the 38th vice president of the United States, Hubert Humphrey. Following her husband's death, she was appointed to his seat in the United States Senate, serving for most of the year 1978, thus becoming the first woman to serve as a senator from Minnesota, and the only Second Lady of the United States to hold public office. After leaving office, she remarried and took the name Muriel Humphrey Brown.
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months. In 1978, MurielHumphrey Brown became the first and only Second Lady to serve in the United States Senate, after Hubert Humphrey's unexpected death...
become the first former second lady to be a member of the Senate since MurielHumphrey was appointed Senator from Minnesota after her husband's death in 1978...
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election". When Hubert H. Humphrey died in office in January 1978, sitting Governor Rudy Perpich appointed Humphrey's widow, Muriel to sit until a special...
complete the unexpired term of Senator Hubert Humphrey, who died earlier in the year; Humphrey's wife Muriel held the seat until Durenberger's election....
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election". When Hubert Humphrey died in office in January 1978, sitting Governor Rudy Perpich appointed Humphrey's widow, Muriel to sit until a special...
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Re-elected in 1976. Died. 21 95th Vacant Jan 13, 1978 – Jan 25, 1978 12 MurielHumphrey DFL Jan 25, 1978 – Nov 7, 1978 Appointed to continue her husband's...
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