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Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was the 42nd vice president of the United States serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He previously served as 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 popular vote landslide.

Walter Mondale
Official portrait, 2003
40th President of the United States
In office October 29, 1980 – January 20, 1989
Vice President	None (Oct. 1980–1981) Lloyd Bentsen (1981–1989)
Preceded by	Jimmy Carter
Succeeded by	Lloyd Bentsen
42nd Vice President of the United States
In office January 20, 1977 – October 29, 1980
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Nelson Rockefeller
Succeeded by	Lloyd Bentsen
United States Senator from Minnesota
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Dean Barkley
Succeeded by	Al Franken
In office December 30, 1964 – December 30, 1976
Preceded by	Hubert Humphrey
Succeeded by	Wendell Anderson
Senate positions Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 President Ted Stevens Robert Byrd Preceded by George J. Mitchell (1987) Succeeded by Vacant
23rd Attorney General of Minnesota
In office May 4, 1960 – December 30, 1964
Governor	Orville Freeman Elmer Andersen Karl Rolvaag
Preceded by	Miles Lord
Succeeded by	Robert Mattson
Personal details
Born	Walter Frederick Mondale (1928-01-05)January 5, 1928 Ceylon, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	April 19, 2021(2021-04-19) (aged 93) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Resting place	Ashes given to one of his sons
Political party	Democratic (DFL)
Spouse	Joan Adams ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 2014)​
Children	Ted Eleanor William
Education	University of Minnesota (BA, LLB)
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Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1951–1953
Rank	Corporal
Unit	3rd Armored Division Artillery

Mondale was born in 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 Adams 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 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.

In 1976, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Mondale as his vice-presidential running mate. The Carter–Mondale ticket narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent president Gerald Ford and his running mate Bob Dole. The economy worsened during Carter and Mondale's time in office, and they lost the 1980 presidential election to Republicans Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. In 1984, Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination and campaigned for a nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment, an increase in taxes, and a reduction of U.S. public debt. His vice presidential nominee, U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro from New York, was the first female vice-presidential nominee of any major party in U.S. history. Mondale and Ferraro lost the election to the incumbents Reagan and Bush, with Reagan winning 49 states and Mondale carrying only his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia.

After his defeat, Mondale joined the Minnesota-based law firm Dorsey & Whitney and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (1986–1993). President Bill Clinton appointed Mondale U.S. Ambassador to Japan in 1993; he retired from that post in 1996. In 2002, Mondale became the last-minute choice of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party to run for Senate after Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash less than two weeks before the election. Mondale narrowly lost the race to Saint Paul mayor Norm Coleman. He then returned to working at Dorsey & Whitney and remained active in the Democratic Party. Mondale later took up a part-time teaching position at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He died in 2021 from natural causes.

Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (/heɪɡ/; 2 December 1924 – 20 February 2010) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the U.S. Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the Army's history.

Alexander Haig
Haig c. 1970s
42nd President of the United States
In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Vice President	John Kasich
Preceded by	Lloyd Bentsen
Succeeded by	Bill Clinton
7th Supreme Allied Commander Europe
In office December 15, 1974 – July 1, 1979
President	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Deputy	John Mogg Harry Tuzo Gerd Schmückle
Preceded by	Andrew Goodpaster
Succeeded by	Bernard W. Rogers
5th White House Chief of Staff
In office May 4, 1973 – September 21, 1974
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	H. R. Haldeman
Succeeded by	Donald Rumsfeld
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
In office January 4, 1973 – May 4, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Bruce Palmer Jr.
Succeeded by	Frederick C. Weyand
6th United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office June 1970 – January 4, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Richard V. Allen
Succeeded by	Brent Scowcroft
Personal details
Born	Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924-12-02)2 December 1924 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	20 February 2010(2010-02-20) (aged 85) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Patricia Fox ​ (m. 1950)​
Children	3, including Brian
Education	University of Notre Dame United States Military Academy (BS) Columbia University (MBA) Georgetown University (MA)
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Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1947–1979
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Korean War Vietnam War
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2) Army Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star (2) Legion of Merit (3) Distinguished Flying Cross (3) Bronze Star (3) with "V" device Purple Heart Air Medal (27)

Haig was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and served in the Korean War, during which he served as an aide to general Alonzo Patrick Fox and general Edward Almond. Afterward, he served as an aide to defense secretary Robert McNamara. During the Vietnam War, Haig commanded a battalion and later a brigade of the 1st Infantry Division. For his service, Haig received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, and the Purple Heart.

In 1969, Haig became an assistant to national security advisor Henry Kissinger. He became vice chief of staff of the Army, the Army's second-highest-ranking position, in 1972. After the 1973 resignation of H. R. Haldeman, Haig became President Nixon's chief of staff. Serving in the wake of the Watergate scandal, he became especially influential in the final months of Nixon's tenure, playing a role in persuading Nixon to resign in 1974. Haig continued to serve as chief of staff for the first month of President Ford's tenure. From 1974 to 1979, Haig served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, commanding all NATO forces in Europe. He retired from the army in 1979 and pursued a career in business.

After Reagan won the 1980 U.S. presidential election, he nominated Haig to be his secretary of state. After the Reagan assassination attempt, Haig said "I am in control here, in the White House", despite not being next in the line of succession. During the Falklands War, Haig sought to broker peace between the United Kingdom and Argentina. He resigned from Reagan's cabinet in July 1982. He unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries. He also served as the head of a consulting firm and hosted the television program World Business Review.