The career of Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president, in pictures

Walter Mondale was a United States Senator, representing Minnesota, from 1964 to 1976. He then served as the 42nd vice president under the Carter administration from 1977 to 1981. Mondale was the Democratic nominee for the 1984 presidential election, and ultimately lost the position in a landslide vote to Reagan, who was running for his second term in office.

He died on April 19, 2021, at 93. 

Here, Mondale, newly appointed Minnesota attorney general, repeats his oath of office as Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Dell swears him into office at the Capitol in St. Paul on May 5, 1960. Mondale's wife, Joan Mondale looks on at left.

Sen. Walter Mondale, D-Minn., during a hearing in Washington in 1968.

Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale stand with their wives at a 1976 Democratic Convention press conference.

Mondale gave up his Senate seat in 1976, when Carter selected him as his running mate for that year's presidential election. Carter and Mondale won the presidency, beating out Gerald Ford and Bob Dole.

Carter and Mondale in the Oval Office in 1977.

Mondale was the first vice president to have an office in the West Wing of the White House, where he became one of the most influential vice presidents to that point in American history and an important liaison to Congress for a president with few national Washington connections.

Vice President Walter Mondale and President Jimmy Carter in the Rose Garden at the White House in 1978.

Mondale was a key adviser as Carter's No. 2 once in office, particularly in the negotiations between Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin that resulted in the Camp David Accords.

Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale and his wife Joan smile as they thank the delegates at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco on July 19, 1984.

Mondale and his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, leave a rally in Oregon in 1984.

Mondale made history when he chose Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate, making her the first female vice presidential candidate for a major party. 

Mondale has a staring contest with a child in Iowa in 1984.

Mondale campaigns in New York in 1984.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Mondale at a campaign event in St. Paul, Minn., on Aug. 29, 1984, after Mondale met with Black leaders.

President Ronald Reagan and Mondale shake hands at the start of a presidential debate in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 21, 1984.

Mondale lost the elction in a landslide, earning only 40% of the popular vote and winning just Minnesota and the District of Columbia.

Mondale celebrates his 90th birthday with Jimmy Carter at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota's campus in Minneapolis on Jan. 13, 2018.

Mondale at his Mill District home in Minneapolis on April 30, 2019.

Walter Mondale, former vice president, dies at 93