Muriel Humphrey

Muriel Humphrey
United States Senator from Minnesota
In office January 25, 1978 – November 7, 1978
Appointed by	Rudy Perpich
Preceded by	Hubert Humphrey
Succeeded by	David Durenberger
Second Lady of the United States
In role January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
Vice President	Hubert Humphrey
Preceded by	Lady Bird Johnson
Succeeded by	Judy Agnew
First Lady of Minneapolis
In office July 2, 1945 – November 30, 1948
Mayor	Hubert Humphrey
Preceded by	Lucille Kline
Succeeded by	Hildur Hoyer
Personal details
Born	Muriel Fay Buck (1912-02-20)February 20, 1912 Huron, South Dakota, U.S.
Died	September 20, 1998(1998-09-20) (aged 86) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Hubert Humphrey ​ ​ (m. 1936; died 1978)​ Max Brown ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	Hubert III Nancy Robert Douglas
Parent(s)	Andrew E. Buck (father) Jessie Mae Pierce (mother)
Education	Huron University

Muriel Fay Humphrey Brown (née Buck; February 20, 1912 – September 20, 1998) was an American politician who served as the second lady of the United States from 1965 to 1969, and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 1978. She was married to the 38th vice president of the United States, Hubert Humphrey. Following her husband's death, she was appointed to his seat in the United States Senate, serving for most of the year 1978, thus becoming the first woman to serve as a senator from Minnesota, and the only Second Lady of the United States to hold public office. After leaving office, she remarried and took the name Muriel Humphrey Brown.