Walter Mondale

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. Before becoming vice president, he was a United States senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976. He was also the attorney general of Minnesota from 1960 to 1964 and the 24th U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996 under Bill Clinton.

Mondale was the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1984. His vice presidential nominee, Geraldine Ferraro, was the first woman to be nominated. He won in only in Minnesota and Washington, D.C. He lost to President Ronald Reagan of the Republican Party in the other 49 states.

Mondale was the first vice president to have an office. He made the role of vice president more important than it was before by having weekly meetings with Carter.

Mondale died on April 19, 2021, in his sleep at his Minneapolis, Minnesota, home at the age of 93 from natural causes.

References

 Other websites 
 Congressional biography
 Senate Leaders Lecture Series Address
 Minnesota Public Radio: Coleman, Mondale debate on eve of election (November 4, 2002) — featuring audio of the 2002 debate
 Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service 
 Great Norwegians
 Two Views from Pennsylvania Avenue 
 List of New York Times articles on Mondale
 Senator Mondale transfers money from NASA to social programs using political maneuvers
 AmericanHeritage.com / Lost in Space What Went Wrong with NASA? 
 Walter F. Mondale: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Society 

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