Kennedy’s last Minnesota visit was short - just one day.
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Orville Freeman, including a series of outtakes. In 1960, he recorded a series of political ads for Humphrey and Gov. Kennedy tried to help Minnesota politicians in their local campaigns. “You look at the politicians from the 1970s and into the 1980s who openly said ‘I was inspired by President Kennedy to go into politics.’ And we had a large share of them in Minnesota,” Tunheim said. Tunheim, who was a Humphrey aide in the 1970s, later served on the commission that re-investigated Kennedy’s assassination and declassified assassination-related documents. Federal Judge Jack Tunheim said Kennedy was a unifying force for the party. Three Democrats on stage that day later ran for president themselves: Eugene McCarthy, Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey.Īnd Minnesota U.S. “It is worth coming 1,500 miles from Boston to this city for a bean supper,” pronouncing it “suppah” in his distinctive Massachusetts accent. Kennedy had defeated Minnesota’s Hubert Humphrey for the 1960 presidential nomination after a series of hard fought, and sometimes harsh, primaries.īut Kennedy needed the state to win the ’64 election.Īnd he visited Minnesota to raise money for Democrats at a new event called a “Bean Feed.” READ MORE: Missing New Hope Boy With Autism Found Safe “President Kennedy announces the convening of a conference to study a water pollution problem in the area.”Īcross the bridge in Minnesota, The president addressed thousands at a Great Lakes Water Conference.īetween 1960, when he ran for president, and 1963, when he died, Kennedy visited Minnesota numerous times. A large crowd greeted him at the Ashland, Wis., airport.Ī Navy film crew followed him on the trip, and narrated a 28-minute account of the event: He was setting out on a four day, 11-state conservation tour. The young president was hitting his stride politically in late 1963, and preparing for the 1964 re-election campaign. It was one of many visits to the state where he helped launch Minnesota Democrats to national prominence. READ MORE: Illinois' 14-6 Victory Ends Gopher Winning Streak Kennedy made one last trip to Minnesota in late September 1963. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Just weeks before he died, President John F.