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Harold Edward Stassen (April 13, 1907 – March 4, 2001) was an American Republican Party politician, military officer, and attorney who was the 25th governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. He was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 1948.
In his political career, between the years 1938 and 1994, Harold Stassen, a Republican, ran many campaigns for public office. He was elected governor of Minnesota three times, in 1938, 1940, and 1942 . Stassen ran for Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992.
During a lifetime devoted to public service, Harold Stassen left an indelible mark upon American politics. He first gained national prominence in the 1930s by revitalizing Minnesota’s Republican Party and establishing a progressive, cooperative approach to state government.
Mar 13, 2015 · A new book tells the story of Minnesota's "boy governor," Harold Stassen. Stassen was one of the youngest people in the nation ever elected governor. Minnesota voters put the moderate...
Feb 8, 2015 · Today, Harold Stassen is remembered as the “Grand Old Party’s Grand Old Loser”—the onetime “Boy Governor” who ran for president 10 times between 1948 and 1992—a “perennial, never...
HAROLD STASSEN: President Roosevelt sent a cable to Admiral Halsey -- I was serving then as his Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration in the Pacific war -- stating that he would like me to be on the delegation. I think President Roosevelt was then on his way back from the Yalta Conference.
Harold E. Stassen — national political leader, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and later, perennial candidate for public office — was born on April 13, 1907, in West St. Paul, Minnesota, to William Andrew Stassen, a farmer, and Elsie Emma Mueller.
Mar 5, 2001 · Perennial presidential candidate Harold E. Stassen, whose name became a synonym for political futility despite a distinguished career as a governor, diplomat, and university president, died...
Nationally prominent candidate for U.S. President, 1948, but was defeated for nomination at the Republican National Convention by New York Governor Thomas Dewey. Director, Mutual Security Administration, 1953, with cabinet rank in the Eisenhower administration.
Aug 21, 2017 · The visionary life of Harold Stassen, Minnesota's youngest governor at age 32, negotiator and one of 7 US signors of the UN Charter, President University of ...
