Carlson Lecture Series: James Callaghan speech about Hubert Humphrey

March 11, 1981 - James Callaghan, former British prime minister, speaking at the Carlson Lecture Series, held at University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Callaghan’s address was on his late friend, Hubert Humphrey, and their similar politics. Callaghan was born in 1912. He entered the British Civil Service in 1929 as a tax officer. He was elected to Parliament in 1945 as a Labor Party member, and he has held a Parliamentary seat for 36 years. Callaghan has also served as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and he played a key role in negotiating Britain's membership in the Common Market. He was elected Prime Minister in 1976. After leaving that office, he was reelected leader of Britain's Labor Party. He stepped down from that role in 1980.