Former Vice President Walter Mondale has passed away at age 93

[Calthrina950]

Very sad news to see. Mondale's death comes a decade after that of his 1984 running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, and nearly 16 years after that of Ronald Reagan.

[Calthrina950]

Mondale's death also means that out of the three top presidential tickets in 1980 (Democratic, Republican, and Independent), Carter is the only nominee that is still alive. Carter and Dole are also the only two living nominees of 1976, although Dole has cancer and could very well be gone before this year is out. This also means that 1992 is now the earliest election in which both members of one major party's presidential ticket (Clinton and Gore) are still alive. All four major-party candidates of 1984 are now dead.

[Calthrina950]

Mondale's death also means that out of the three top presidential tickets in 1980 (Democratic, Republican, and Independent), Carter is the only nominee that is still alive. Carter and Dole are also the only two living nominees of 1976, although Dole has cancer and could very well be gone before this year is out. This also means that 1992 is now the earliest election in which both members of one major party's presidential ticket (Clinton and Gore) are still alive. All four major-party candidates of 1984 are now dead.

Although prior to Mondale's death, every Democratic Presidential nominee from 1976 onward was still alive. Quite a long timespan and probably has never been the case at any point in history prior.

Agreed. Mondale was also one of the last surviving Senators to have been in office during the Johnson Administration.

[Calthrina950]

With Mondale's death, there are only 12 11 remaining Senators from the 72nd Congress. With the exception of President Biden, all were out of office by 1997. The only other one to even run for office in this century is Mike Gravel in 2008 and 2020. Hopefully they stick around, but there's a chance that by the end of a hypothetical Biden second term he could be the only one.

The 72nd Congress? That Congress met from 1931-1933, in the latter half of Hoover's presidency. Do you mean the 93rd Congress, which met from 1973-1975?

[Calthrina950]

With Mondale's death, there are only 12 11 remaining Senators from the 93rd Congress. With the exception of President Biden, all were out of office by 1997. The only other one to even run for office in this century is Mike Gravel in 2008 and 2020. Hopefully they stick around, but there's a chance that by the end of a hypothetical Biden second term he could be the only one.

And Leahy is the only one still in office!

Not from the 93rd Congress. Leahy entered the Senate in January 1975, at the start of the 94th Congress.