Walter Mondale autographed photo with letter of request 1984

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Walter Mondale 5x7 photo, signed in black ink.  A letter on Mondale/Ferraro letterhead, signed by Mondale's Executive Assistant Patricia A. Sarcone, which requests the signed photo for an auction to benefit the Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home, NY.  Dated Dec 19, 1984.
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*From large estate collection liquidation, no COA.
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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 popular vote
landslide
. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of
Minnesota
and the
District of Columbia
. 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 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
.
[1]
In
1976
,
Jimmy Carter
, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Mondale as his vice-presidential running mate. The Carter–Mondale ticket defeated 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 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
. Mondale and Ferraro lost the election to the incumbents Reagan and Bush.
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
.
[2]