candidate for the 1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota for the remaining term. "It was the most challenging thing I've done in my whole life," she said. Looking back at her political life, Humphrey reflected "There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time. I'm a liberal and I'm proud of it. In fact, I was probably a little more liberal than Hubert was. I just wanted to say that." While in office, and after, she pressed for the right for women to choose to have an abortion and worked towards legislation for the rights of the mentally disabled. Second marriage In 1981, Humphrey married Max Brown, a friend from childhood. "I don't live a life of politics any more," she said after her second marriage. "Max and I have so much fun. We have a wonderful companionship that Hubert and I didn't have, couldn't have. We were so busy and it was so official almost all the time." Max Brown died in 2004 at the age of 93. Death When Muriel Humphrey Brown died, she was survived by her husband of 17 years, Max Brown, and her children, who were at her side when she died at the age of 86. She is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, next to her first husband, Hubert H. Humphrey. See also Women in the United States Senate References External links Muriel Humphrey Papers are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society. |- |- |- 1912 births 1998 deaths Burials at Lakewood Cemetery Democratic Party United States senators from Minnesota Female United States senators Hubert Humphrey Humphrey family Huron University alumni Minnesota Democrats People from Huron, South Dakota Second ladies of the United States Spouses of Minnesota politicians Women in Minnesota politics 20th-century American women politicians 20th-century American politicians