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WASHINGTON Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died Monday at age 93, did more for the high office he held as President Jimmy Carter’s stand-in than any previous occupant, by defining its prime functions in his own application for the job.
In 1976, prior to his selection as Carter’s running mate, Mondale wrote him a letter outlining how he would serve. He detailed not only his own qualifications but also how he could best assist the Carter administration, lacking as it did Washington experience.
Mondale at the time was a U.S. senator from Minnesota. He and his veteran chief aide, Richard Moe, composed a job application casting himself as veteran of the national political and legislative scene who could help Carter navigate unfamiliar waters.
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In an Oct. 30, 2012, file photo, former Vice President Walter Mondale, a former Minnesota senator, gestures while speaking at a Students for Obama rally at the University of Minnesota s McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. (AP/Jim Mone, File)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Former US vice president Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.
The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited.
Mondale followed the trail blazed by his political mentor, Hubert H. Humphrey, from Minnesota politics to the US Senate and the vice presidency, serving under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
Steven R Weisman, The New York Times
Published: 20 Apr 2021 09:07 AM BdST
Updated: 20 Apr 2021 09:07 AM BdST Former Vice President Walter Mondale during and interview on Dec 12, 1983. The New York Times
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Kathy Tunheim, a spokesperson for the family, announced the death Monday evening. She did not specify a cause.
A son of a minister of modest means, Fritz Mondale, as he was widely known, led a rich public life that began in Minnesota under the tutelage of his state’s progressive pathfinder, Hubert H Humphrey. He achieved his own historic firsts, especially with his selection of Rep Geraldine A Ferraro of New York as his running mate in 1984, the first woman to seek the vice presidency on a m
Walter Mondale, Ex-Vice President Routed by Reagan, Dies at 93 Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bill Arthur and Laurence Arnold
(Bloomberg) Walter Mondale, who asserted himself as an activist vice president under Jimmy Carter before losing a bid for the presidency in one of the worst routs in U.S. political history, Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election landslide, has died. He was 93.
He died on Monday at his home in Minneapolis, according to the New York Times, citing Kathy Tunheim, a spokeswoman for the family. No cause was given.
Even after naming Geraldine Ferraro as his Democratic running mate making her the first woman on a major U.S. party’s presidential ticket Mondale managed to win only his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia in the 1984 election, as Reagan cruised to a second term with almost 59% of the popular vote and 98% of the Electoral College vote.
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