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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 .
Mar 8, 2001 · The chairman said, “Believe it or not, he is still alive and here he is.” Everyone laughed, and Harold Stassen offered the obligatory laugh as well.
Mar 5, 2001 · Harold E. Stassen, a former governor of Minnesota, educator, and special presidential assistant who won an early reputation as a ''boy wonder'' of politics only to be remembered as the man who...
May 30, 2024 · Meet Harold Stassen, the man who refused to give up on his dream of becoming America’s president.
His political perseverance was also very much still alive; he filed yet again for the Minnesota gubernatorial race that Jesse Ventura eventually won. Stassen married Esther Glewwe in 1929, with whom he had two children.
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.
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Sep 5, 2024 · 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.
