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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.
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 ...
- Josh Zeitz
By the time President Truman stunned political prognosticators with his reelection in 1948, Harold Stassen had already spent nearly eighteen months running for the nation’s highest office.
- Steve Werle
He was an aide of Harold Stassen to the 1945 San Francisco United Nations Conference on International Organization. In 1947, he was elected president of the United World Federalists (UWF) , the organization he helped to fund. [ 7 ]
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.
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.
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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...
