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Muriel Fay Humphrey


(February 20, 1912 – September 20, 1998)

Muriel Humphrey (née Buck) was the wife of Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.; second lady of the United States from January 1965 to January 1969; and a US senator [D–Minnesota] from January 1978 to November 1978.

LBJ speaking at the 1968 Democratic convention

“We’ve Been in Tears”

  November 6, 1968