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Battles/wars. World War II. Awards. Legion of Merit. 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.
On January 2, 1939, Stassen became the youngest governor in Minnesota history. Promising to rid the state capitol of corruption and political patronage, Stassen pursued an ambitious set of legislative reforms addressing civil service, labor relations, public welfare, and government reorganization. He soon gained the attention of GOP leaders ...
Feb 8, 2015 · His name was Harold Stassen. 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 ...
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Dec 20, 2023 · Born in 1907 on a farm in Dakota County, Stassen graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1929. 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.
Jul 10, 2023 · Media in category "Official portraits of Harold Stassen" The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota - Harris & Ewing (cropped).jpg 2,907 × 3,645; 1.03 MB
Mar 13, 2015 · Gov. Harold Stassen being sworn in for his second term, 1941. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society Press. A new book tells the story of Minnesota's "boy governor," Harold Stassen. Stassen was one ...
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Oral History Interview withHarold Stassen. Governor of Minnesota, 1938-43; served on staff of Admiral W.F. Halsey in South Pacific, 1943-45; and member of U.S. delegation to the U.N. Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, 1945. This is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft ...
