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-'''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 &ndash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state – [[Minnesota]] – in 1938.<ref name=archives>[https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/harold-edward-stassen Harold Edward Stassen]. ''Penn University Archives & Records Center''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold E. Stassen: "Boy Governor" & Presidential Hopeful: Overview|publisher=Minnesota History Center: Gale Family Library|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref>  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] was elected in  [[Arkansas]] in 1978, the second youngest person elected as a governor. Despite his early success in Minnesota politics, over the years the [[Moderate Republican]] Stassen became known as a [[perennial candidate]]  for many offices, including [[U.S. President]], [[U.S. Senator]], and governor of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[mayor]] of [[Philadelphia]], where he moved in 1948 to become the president of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=archives/>
+'''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 &ndash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state – [[Minnesota]] – in 1938.<ref name=archives>[https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/harold-edward-stassen Harold Edward Stassen]. ''Penn University Archives & Records Center''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46777 MN Governor Race - Nov 08, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold E. Stassen: "Boy Governor" & Presidential Hopeful: Overview|publisher=Minnesota History Center: Gale Family Library|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref>  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] was elected in  [[Arkansas]] in 1978, the second youngest person elected as a governor. Despite his early success in Minnesota politics, over the years the [[Moderate Republican]] Stassen became known as a [[perennial candidate]]  for many offices, including [[U.S. President]], [[U.S. Senator]], and governor of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[mayor]] of [[Philadelphia]], where he moved in 1948 to become the president of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=archives/>
 ==Early life and career==

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 ==External links==
 *[https://www.nga.org/governor/harold-edward-stassen/ Profile] at ''National Governors Association
 *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/03/05/harold-stassen-dies/8a0f0165-48be-4a35-9a45-0c44e3f7fe74/ Obituary] via ''The Washington Post

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 ==External links==
 *[https://www.nga.org/governor/harold-edward-stassen/ Profile] at ''National Governors Association
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 ==Political career==
-He was elected to three two-year terms as governor but resigned in 1943 to join the [[United States Navy]], in which he became an aide to Admiral [[William F. Halsey, Jr.]] In 1940, he had delivered the keynote address at the [[Republican National Convention]] held in Philadelphia. In 1952, Stassen again ran for president but shifted his support at a critical time in the convention in [[Chicago]] to [[Dwight Eisenhower]], who then won the nomination over [[Robert A. Taft]] of [[Ohio]] and the [[general election]] over the Democrat former governor of [[Illinois]], [[Adlai Stevenson]]. Stassen then served in the Eisenhower administration as the director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration and the Mutual Security Agency.
+He was elected to three two-year terms as governor but resigned in 1943 to join the [[United States Navy]],<ref name=archives/> in which he became an aide to Admiral [[William F. Halsey, Jr.]] In 1940, he had delivered the keynote address at the [[Republican National Convention]] held in Philadelphia.<ref name=archives/> In 1952, Stassen again ran for president but shifted his support at a critical time in the convention in [[Chicago]] to [[Dwight Eisenhower]], who then won the nomination over [[Robert A. Taft]] of [[Ohio]] and the [[general election]] over the Democrat former governor of [[Illinois]], [[Adlai Stevenson]]. Stassen then served in the Eisenhower administration as the director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration and the Mutual Security Agency.
 His strongest of the losing campaigns occurred in 1948, when Stassen, initially favored to win  the presidential nomination, lost out on the third convention ballot to fellow Moderate Republican [[Thomas E. Dewey]], then the governor of [[New York]]. In that race, the two debated on [[radio]] days prior to the [[Oregon]] [[primary]], the first time candidates had faced off in the media. An issue that separated them was Stassen's support for outlawing the [[Communist Party]] in the United States. Dewey took the view that regulation of the communist activities should be monitored but that the radical elements could not be simply be "outlawed."

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-'''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 &ndash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state – [[Minnesota]] – in 1938.<ref name=archives>[https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/harold-edward-stassen Harold Edward Stassen]. ''Penn University Archives & Records Center''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold E. Stassen: "Boy Governor" & Presidential Hopeful: Overview|publisher=Minnesota History Center: Gale Family Library|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref>  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] was elected in  [[Arkansas]] in 1978, the second youngest person elected as a governor. Despite his early success in Minnesota politics, over the years the [[Moderate Republican]] Stassen became known as a [[perennial candidate]]  for many offices, including [[U.S. President]], [[U.S. Senator]], and governor of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[mayor]] of [[Philadelphia]], where he moved in 1948 to become the president of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].
+'''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 &ndash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state – [[Minnesota]] – in 1938.<ref name=archives>[https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/harold-edward-stassen Harold Edward Stassen]. ''Penn University Archives & Records Center''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold E. Stassen: "Boy Governor" & Presidential Hopeful: Overview|publisher=Minnesota History Center: Gale Family Library|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref>  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] was elected in  [[Arkansas]] in 1978, the second youngest person elected as a governor. Despite his early success in Minnesota politics, over the years the [[Moderate Republican]] Stassen became known as a [[perennial candidate]]  for many offices, including [[U.S. President]], [[U.S. Senator]], and governor of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[mayor]] of [[Philadelphia]], where he moved in 1948 to become the president of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=archives/>
 ==Early life and career==

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 |alma_mater=[[University of Minnesota]] (B.A. and LLB)
 |occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Educator]]; [[Politician]]
-[[United States Navy]] in[[ World War II]]}}
+[[United States Navy]] in [[ World War II]]
 '''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 &ndash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state – [[Minnesota]] – in 1938. He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold E. Stassen: "Boy Governor" & Presidential Hopeful: Overview|publisher=Minnesota History Center: Gale Family Library|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref>  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Bill Clinton]] was elected in  [[Arkansas]] in 1978, the second youngest person elected as a governor. Despite his early success in Minnesota politics, over the years the [[Moderate Republican]] Stassen became known as a [[perennial candidate]]  for many offices, including [[U.S. President]], [[U.S. Senator]], and governor of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[mayor]] of [[Philadelphia]], where he moved in 1948 to become the president of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].

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 |office2=Chairman of the<br>[[National Governors Association]]
 |office=President of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]]
 |term_start=1948
 |term_end=1953
 |preceded=George William McClelland

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 |name=Harold Edward Stassen
 |image=Harold Stassen.jpg
-|office=25th [[Governor]] of [[Minnesota]]
+|office2=Chairman of the<br>[[National Governors Association]]
-|term_start=January 2, 1939
+|office=President of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]]
-|term_end= April 27, 1943
+|term_start=1948
-|preceded=Elmer Austin Benson
+|term_end=1953
-|succeeded=Edward John Thye
+|preceded=George William McClelland
-|office2=Chairman of the<br>National Governors Association
+|succeeded=William Hagan DuBarry (acting)
 |term_start2=January 7, 1941
 |term_end2=June 21, 1942
 |preceded2=William Henry Vanderbilt, III, of [[Rhode Island]]
 |succeeded2=Herbert O'Conor of [[Maryland]]
-|office3=President of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]]
+|office3=25th [[Governor]] of [[Minnesota]]
-|term_star3=1948
+|term_start3=January 2, 1939
-|term_end3=1953
+|term_end3= April 27, 1943
-|preceded3=George William McClelland
+|preceded3=Elmer Austin Benson
-|succeeded3=William Hagan DuBarry (acting)
+|succeeded3=Edward John Thye
 |birth_date=April 13, 1907
 |birth_place=West St. Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota

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