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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.
Harold Stassen, 13 April 1907 · 4 March 2001. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. HH AROLD STASSEN, county attorney, governor, naval officer, presidential candidate, university president, diplomat, private attorney, was born in South St. Paul, Minnesota, 13 April 1907, the son of small farmers.
Dec 20, 2023 · An attorney in South St. Paul, Stassen was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1938 at the young age of 31. Known as the “boy governor,” Stassen was the youngest person elected to that post. Stassen was reelected in 1940 and in 1942.
Sep 22, 2015 · Stassen faced many challenges as Dakota County attorney during the Great Depression. He battled organized crime, tried to avert labor strikes, helped to prevent farm foreclosures, and...
Our History. Firm Founders: Harold Stassen and Elmer Ryan ~ The law firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller, P.A. began in 1929 when two young attorneys from the University of Minnesota Law School, hung their shingle outside a small office in the historic cattle town of South St. Paul.
Special Assistant to President Eisenhower. The United Nations deserves a lot of credit for ending the cold war without it turning into a hot war. And, it's a very crucial thing for the future. Harold Stassen was born on a farm in West St. Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota, in 1907.
Feb 8, 2015 · A self-made man who put himself through college working as a Pullman car conductor, Stassen became a successful attorney and, at age 31, the youngest man ever to have been elected governor of a...
