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Walter
Frederick Mondale - 42nd Vice President
Party: Democrat
Term: Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981
Age at Inauguration: 49
Life Span: Jan 5, 1928
President:Jimmy Carter |
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- Mondale was the first vice president
to live in the new VP home at the Naval Observatory
- In the previous administration Nelson
Rockefeller refused to live there, preferring his own private
residence
- Mondale managed the senatorial campaign
of Hubert Humphrey in 1948
- When Humphrey ran for vice president
in 1968 he was appointed to fill his vacated senate seat
- His net worth disclosure as a candidate
revealed a net worth of just $77,000, to which he quipped, "I
want to be vice president because I need the money"
- He lost reelection with Jimmy Carter
in 1980, and ran as the presidential nominee in 1984
- During the campaign he coined the
phrase, "Where's the beef?"
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