| Political Party | Democratic |
| Term | January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981 (49-53) |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Predecessor | Nelson Rockefeller |
| Successor | George H.W. Bush |
| Full Name | Walter Frederick Mondale |
| Birth |
January 5, 1928 (87 years) Ceylon, Minnesota |
| Father | Theodore Sigvaard Mondale (1876-1948) |
| Mother | Claribel Hope Cowan (1892-1967) |
| Brothers |
Robert Lester Mondale (1904-2003, Paternal Half-Brother) Clarence Cowan Mondale (1927-2014) William Mortimer Mondale (1935-) |
| Alma Mater |
University of Minnesota (J.D. 1956) Macalester College (B.A. 1951) |
| Military Service |
Corporal United States Army (1951-1953) |
| Occupation |
Co-Chairman of the Constituion Project's Bipartisan Right to Counsel Committee (2004) U.S. Special Envoy to Indonesia (1998) U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1993-1996) Chairman of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (1986-1993) U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1964-1978) 23rd Attorney General of Minnesota (1960-1964) Lawyer |
| Joan Adams (1930-2014) |
Married December 27, 1955 Widowed February 3, 2014 (58 years) |
|
Theodore Adams Mondale (m.1988 Pamela Burris) |
Born 1957 (58 years) |
|
Eleanor Jane Mondale Van Horne Malban Poling (m.1988 Keith Van Horne) (m.1991 Gregory Malban) (m.2005 Chandler Poling) |
Born 1960 Died 2011 (51 years) |
| William Hall Mondale |
Born 1962 (53 years) |