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Walter Mondale

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Walter Mondale

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Also known as Walter Frederick Mondale, Fritz Mondale

Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1928–2021)

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Walter Frederick Mondale (1928–2021) was an American politician, lawyer, diplomat, and memoirist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Vice President of the United States, United States Senator, and United States Ambassador to Japan. He also held the position of justice minister. Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, and later worked in Saint Paul, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo. He received his education from Macalester College and the University of Minnesota Law School.

Mondale was a Presbyterian and Protestant who spoke English. He served in the United States Army and was awarded the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. He is the author of the book *Good Fight*. His spouse was Joan Mondale, and they had three children, including Eleanor Mondale.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Good Fight

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Film & TV

Acting · Ceylon, Minnesota, USA

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 presidential election, but lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College and…

Known for

  • President in Waiting — Self2020
  • First Ladies — Self (archive footage)2020
  • The Front Runner — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2018
  • The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: The Constitution2017
  • Race for the White House — Self2016
  • Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way — Self2013
  • How to Win the TV Debate — Self (archive footage)2010
  • Al Franken: God Spoke — Self2006
  • Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team — Self2002
  • Freedom on My Mind — Self (archive footage)1994

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1928
Active to
2021
politician
Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
7

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields

    · 1983 · cited 31,498x

  2. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,783x

  3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,961x

  4. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    · 2011 · cited 13,451x

  5. A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity

    · 1943 · cited 13,221x

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Quotes

  • “If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.”
  • “He taught us how to live, and finally he taught us how to die.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American politician who was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1964 to 1976, and was the Democratic nominee in the 1984 presidential election.

Mondale was born in the small municipality of Ceylon, Minnesota, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951 after attending Macalester College. He then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before earning a law degree in 1956. He married Joan Mondale in 1955. Working as a lawyer in Minneapolis, Mondale was appointed Minnesota Attorney General in 1960 by Governor Orville Freeman and was elected to a full term as attorney general in 1962 with 60% of the vote. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Karl Rolvaag upon the resignation of U.S. senator Hubert Humphrey following Humphrey's election as vice president in 1964. Mondale was elected to a full Senate term in 1966 and reelected in 1972, resigning in 1976 as he prepared to succeed to the vice presidency in 1977. While in the Senate, he supported consumer protection, fair housing, tax reform, and the desegregation of schools; he served on the Church Committee.

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