Skip Humphrey

Skip Humphrey
27th Attorney General of Minnesota
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 4, 1999
GovernorRudy Perpich
Arne Carlson
Preceded byWarren Spannaus
Succeeded byMike Hatch
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 44th district
In office
January 2, 1973 – January 3, 1983
Preceded byJohn C. Chenoweth
Succeeded byPhyllis W. McQuaid
Personal details
Born
Hubert Horatio Humphrey III

(1942-06-26) June 26, 1942 (age 82)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Nancy Jeffery
(m. 1963)
Children3
Parent(s)Hubert Humphrey
Muriel Humphrey
EducationAmerican University (BA)
University of Minnesota (JD)

Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is an American retired politician who served as attorney general of the state of Minnesota (1983–1999) and State Senator (1973–1983). Humphrey led the Office of Older Americans as the assistant director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

A Democrat, Humphrey is a son of Vice President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in the hotly contested three-way election of 1998.