The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution honoring former Vice President and U.S. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey in connection with the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Minnesota's two senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, sponsored the resolution, which passed, as is the custom, by unanimous consent.

Humphrey was born May 27, 1911. A 100th anniversary reunion and policy discussion will be held tomorrow in Minneapolis in his honor.

In announcing the Senate resolution, Klobuchar said:

“I inherited Hubert Humphrey’s desk on the Senate floor, and it’s been truly humbling for me to follow in his footsteps. You can go down the list of landmark federal legislation from the past 60 years, and Hubert Humphrey’s fingerprints are there: civil rights, Medicare, nuclear arms control, the Peace Corps, and countless others. But I think the most important thing about Hubert Humphrey is that he was an optimist, and he believed in America and believed in our democracy.”

And Franken said:

“Hubert Humphrey was a giant of Minnesota politics and a political hero of mine. He led the effort to merge the Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties into the DFL before being elected to the U.S. Senate. There, he successfully fought for some of the most important legislation of the 20th century, including the Civil Rights Act and the creation of the Peace Corps. And his service as vice president of the United States secured his place in the hearts of Minnesotans as a true statesman and a visionary progressive.”