Editing Hubert Humphrey (section)

===Teaching and return to the Senate===
{{See also|United States congressional delegations from Minnesota}}
[[File:CarterandHumphrey.png|thumb|Senator Humphrey with Democratic presidential nominee [[Jimmy Carter]], in 1976. California Governor [[Jerry Brown]] is at right.]]
After leaving the vice presidency, Humphrey taught at [[Macalester College]] and the [[University of Minnesota]], and served as chairman of the board of consultants at the [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Educational Corporation.

On February 11, 1969, Humphrey met privately with Mayor [[Richard J. Daley]] and denied ever being "at war" with Daley during a press conference later in the day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/02/12/page/10/article/humphrey-visits-hails-daley-in-effort-to-unify-democrats|title=Humphrey Visits, Hails Daley in Effort to Unify Democrats|date=February 12, 1969|first=Edward|last=Schreiber|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814020148/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/02/12/page/10/article/humphrey-visits-hails-daley-in-effort-to-unify-democrats/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March, Humphrey declined to answer questions on the Johnson administration being either involved or privy to the cessation of bombing of North Vietnam during an interview on ''[[Issues and Answers]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/03/10/page/8/article/hubert-shuns-talk-of-deal-on-bomb-halt|title=Hubert Shuns Talk of Deal On Bomb Halt|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825101922/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/03/10/page/8/article/hubert-shuns-talk-of-deal-on-bomb-halt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At a press conference on June 2, 1969, Humphrey backed Nixon's peace efforts, dismissing the notion that he was not seeking an end to the war.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/06/03/page/29/article/hubert-backs-nixon-efforts-on-viet-peace|title=Hubert Backs Nixon Efforts on Viet Peace|date=June 2, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=April 8, 2017|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140111/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/06/03/page/29/article/hubert-backs-nixon-efforts-on-viet-peace/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In early July, Humphrey traveled to Finland for a private visit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/07/08/page/9/article/humphrey-in-finland-on-his-european-tour|title=Humphrey in Finland on His European Tour|date=July 8, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 18, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819061913/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/07/08/page/9/article/humphrey-in-finland-on-his-european-tour/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that month, Humphrey returned to Washington after visiting Europe, a week after McCarthy declared he would not seek reelection, Humphrey declining to comment amid speculation he intended to return to the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/07/27/page/7/article/hubert-wont-comment-on-his-political-future|title=Hubert Won't Comment on His Political Future|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 27, 1969|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814020015/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/07/27/page/7/article/hubert-wont-comment-on-his-political-future/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the fall, Humphrey arranged to meet with President Nixon through [[United States National Security Advisor]] [[Henry Kissinger]], Humphrey saying the day after the meeting that Nixon had "expressed his appreciation on my attitude to his effort on Vietnam."{{sfn|Solberg|1984|p=417}} On August 3, Humphrey said that Russia was buying time to develop ballistic missile warheads to catch up with the United States and that security was the "overriding concern" of the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/08/04/page/14/article/russ-stalling-arms-talks-humphrey|title=Russ Stalling Arms Talks – Humphrey|date=August 4, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 7, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814055031/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/08/04/page/14/article/russ-stalling-arms-talks-humphrey/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Days later, Humphrey repudiated efforts against Nixon's anti-ballistic missile system: "I have a feeling that they [opponents of the ABM] were off chasing rabbits when a tiger is loose."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/08/08/page/5/article/abm-fight-a-waste-of-time-hubert-says|title=ABM Fight a Waste of Time, Hubert Says|first=Russell|last=Freeburg|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 8, 1969|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815174641/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/08/08/page/5/article/abm-fight-a-waste-of-time-hubert-says/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During October, Humphrey spoke before the AFL-CIO convention delegates, charging Nixon's economic policies with "putting Americans out of work without slowing inflation."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/10/07/page/40/article/hubert-rips-nixon-tight-money-policy|title=Hubert Rips Nixon, Tight Money Policy|date=October 7, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814020334/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/10/07/page/40/article/hubert-rips-nixon-tight-money-policy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On October 10, Humphrey stated his support for Nixon's policies in Vietnam and that he believed "the worst thing that we can do is to try to undermine the efforts of the President."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/10/11/page/19/article/hubert-backs-nixon-policies-on-viet-nam|title=Hubert Backs Nixon Policies on Viet Nam|date=October 11, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101637/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/10/11/page/19/article/hubert-backs-nixon-policies-on-viet-nam/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At a December 21 press conference, Humphrey said Nixon was a participant in the "politics of polarization" and could not seek unity on one hand but have divisive agents on the other.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/12/22/page/1/article/nixon-is-polarizing-people-hubert-says|title=Nixon is Polarizing People, Hubert Says|date=December 22, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 8, 2017|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814054711/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/12/22/page/1/article/nixon-is-polarizing-people-hubert-says/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 26, Humphrey responded to a claim from former President Johnson that Humphrey had been cost the election by his own call for a stop to the bombing in North Vietnam, saying he did what he "thought was right and responsible at Salt Lake City."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/12/27/page/2/article/hubert-answers-lbj-criticism|title=Hubert Answers LBJ Criticism|date=December 26, 1969|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=April 8, 2017|archive-date=April 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112408/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/12/27/page/2/article/hubert-answers-lbj-criticism/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On January 4, 1970, Humphrey said the United States should cease tests of nuclear weapons during the continued conversations for potential strategic arms limitations between the United States and the Soviet Union while speaking to the National Retail Furniture Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/01/05/page/8/article/halt-nuclear-arms-tests-hubert-says|title=Halt Nuclear Arms Talks, Hubert Says|first=Stephen|last=Crews|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 5, 1970|access-date=May 15, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819143953/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/01/05/page/8/article/halt-nuclear-arms-tests-hubert-says/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February, Humphrey predicted Nixon would withdraw 75,000 or more troops prior to the year's midterm elections and the main issue would be the economy during an interview: "The issue of 1970 is the economy. Some of my fellow Democrats don't believe this. But this is a fact."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/02/10/page/2/article/hubert-sees-economy-as-key-election-issue-next-autumn|title=Hubert Sees Economy as Key Election Issue Next Autumn|date=February 10, 1970|first=Russell|last=Freeburg|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=September 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905051505/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/02/10/page/2/article/hubert-sees-economy-as-key-election-issue-next-autumn/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On February 23, Humphrey disclosed his recommendation that [[Larry O'Brien]] return as Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]], a Humphrey spokesman reporting that he wanted the issue of the DNC chairmanship settled quickly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/02/24/page/20/article/hubert-asks-obrien-to-be-chief-of-dems|title=Hubert Asks O'Brien To Be Chief of Dems|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=February 24, 1970|access-date=September 17, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918064824/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/02/24/page/20/article/hubert-asks-obrien-to-be-chief-of-dems/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Solberg wrote that Nixon's April 1970 [[Cambodian Campaign]] quashed Humphrey's hopes that the war be taken out of political context.{{sfn|Solberg|1984|p=417}} In May, Humphrey pledged to do all he could to provide additional war planes to Israel and stress the issue to American leaders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/08/archives/humphrey-assures-israelis.html|title=Humphrey Assures Israeli|date=May 8, 1970|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Amid an August 11 address to an American Bar Association luncheon meeting, Humphrey called for liberals to cease defending campus radicals and militants and align with law and order.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/08/12/page/3/article/support-law-and-order-humphrey-tells-liberals|title=Support Law and Order, Humphrey Tells Liberals|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 12, 1970|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819103904/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/08/12/page/3/article/support-law-and-order-humphrey-tells-liberals/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Humphrey had not planned to return to political life, but an unexpected opportunity changed his mind. McCarthy, who was up for reelection in [[1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota|1970]], realized that he had only a slim chance of winning even re-nomination for the Minnesota seat because he had angered his party by opposing Johnson and Humphrey for the 1968 presidential nomination, and declined to run. Humphrey won the nomination, defeated Republican Congressman [[Clark MacGregor]], and returned to the U.S. Senate on January 3, 1971. Ahead of resuming his duties, Humphrey had a November 16, 1970, White House meeting with Nixon as part of a group of newly elected senators.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/11/17/page/3/article/humphrey-pays-nixon-a-visit|title=Humphrey Pays Nixon a Visit|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 17, 1970|access-date=May 5, 2017|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604014103/https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was reelected in [[1976 U.S. Senate election|1976]], and remained in office until his death. In a rarity in politics, Humphrey held both Senate seats from his state (Class I and Class II) at different times. During his return to the Senate he served in the [[92nd United States Congress|92nd]], [[93rd United States Congress|93rd]], [[94th United States Congress|94th]], and a portion of the [[95th United States Congress|95th Congress]]. He served as chairman of the [[United States Congress Joint Economic Committee|Joint Economic Committee]] in the 94th Congress.