Walter Mondale was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.Known as “Fritz,” Mondale was an active vice president, breaking new ground for the role as he maintained an office in the White House and served as a close advisor to the president in a way no vice president had done before.
Prior to his vice presidency, he was a Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, serving from 1964 to 1976, and the attorney general of Minnesota from 1960 to 1964.
Mondale ran for president in 1984, winning the Democratic nomination, though he lost the general election in a landslide to incumbent President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004).
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