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To list some of the main things - and this is the tip of the iceberg as far as how much Hubert Humphrey did for this country. Known as the "Happy Warrior", Senator Humphrey was well respected and liked by both parties and by being a nice person was able to get a lot of things done for the average American.

1949 Humphrey sponsors his first bill, which becomes law in 1965 as Medicare

1954 Humphrey's Food-for-Peace program begins

1958 Humphrey proposes a treaty to ban nuclear weapons tests

1961 Peace Corps, sponsored by Humphrey, begins

1963 Senate approves Humphrey's nuclear test ban treaty

1964 Important laws passed: Civil Rights Act; Job Corps Act; Food Stamp Act; Wilderness Preservation Act

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