May 27

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, the last Happy Warrior, and the 38th vice-president of the United States, was born in the 27th in 1911. Apparently, Humphrey was a glutton for punishment. After leaving office in 1969, he returned to the halls of academia. After teaching briefly at Macalester College and the University of Minnesota; followed by a brief stint with the Encyclopaedia Britannica, he again returned to public service as a senator and served in the 92nd, 93rd, 94th and a portion of the 95th congresses.