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Harold Stassen

State of Minnesota's official oil painting of governor Harold Stassen
Personal data
Date of birthApril 13, 1907
Place of birthWest St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Date of deathMarch 4, 2001(age 93)
Place of deathBloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEsther G. Glewwe
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota Law School
Professionlawyer, politician, candidate
ReligionBaptist
25th Governor of Minnesota
In officeJanuary 2, 1939 - April 27, 1943
LieutenantC. Elmer Anderson
Edward John Thye
Succeeded byEdward John Thye
Preceded byElmer Austin Benson
Director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration
In office1953 - 1955
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Succeeded byN/A (post abolished)
Preceded byN/A (post created)

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Harold Edward Stassen (April 13, 1907 � March 4, 2001) was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. After service in World War II, from 1948 to 1953 he was president of the University of Pennsylvania. In popular culture his name has become most identified with his fame as a perennial candidate for other offices, most notably and frequently President of the United States.

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Hopeful or hopeless, would-be candidates keep trying - Contra Costa Times Tweet this news
Contra Costa Times--And, of course, it includes -Harold Stassen-, the one-time Minnesota governor whose nine increasingly futile bids for the Republican presidential nomination ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:43:12 GMT+00:00
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Daily Mail - Charleston (blog)--While if this lady gets 4% of the vote, she'd be about a percentage point higher than Ralph Nader; the -Harold Stassen- of our time. ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:11:44 GMT+00:00
If the phone rings, I'm gone - Tampabay.com Tweet this news
Tampabay.com--"This piece of political huckstering brought to you by The -Harold Stassen- Institute for Desperate Politicians Who Need a Job." You're thinking of maybe ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:37:47 GMT+00:00
Election Day: Last words, vote challengers and illegal buttons - MinnPost.com Tweet this news
MinnPost.com--Also, -Harold Stassen- has at least one vote. All right, enough elections stuff for today. In other news, The AP reports that there is a young bull moose ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:36:13 GMT+00:00
Hillary Democrats sat on Tuesday - Daily Mail - Charleston (blog) Tweet this news
Daily Mail - Charleston (blog)--Where Mitt Romney is our new -Harold Stassen-. How long does it take to “take back our country?” Oh, about as long as it took in the past … a decade's worth ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:10:44 GMT+00:00
Years ago, dignitaries visit Jordan during historical celebration - Jordan Independent Tweet this news
Jordan Independent---Harold Stassen's- personal secretary, a federal district judge, and a Supreme Court chief justice. To learn more about Jordan's history, ... - Date : Fri, 14 May 2010 13:10:21 GMT+00:00
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Rajapaksa picks business tycoon Harry Jayawardena as Chairman of the loss ... - Lanka Newspapers Tweet this news
Lanka Newspapers--President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday picked business tycoon Don -Harold Stassen- Jayawardena as Chairman of the loss making Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 17:41:35 GMT+00:00
NOTEBOOK: Tough call for fans - Attleboro Sun Chronicle Tweet this news
Attleboro Sun Chronicle--"Is there anyone in there who remembers -Harold Stassen-? That's who I'm beginning to feel like," said Morris, referring to the former governor of Minnesota ... - Date : Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:41:48 GMT+00:00
Stevens is last of the Midwestern moderates - Capital Times Tweet this news
Capital Times---Harold Stassen-, Elmer Andersen and Arne Carlson. Stevens cut his political teeth as an Illinois Republican traveling in the circles of Sen. ... - Date : Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:55:17 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Elmer Austin Benson
Governor of Minnesota
1939-1943
Succeeded by
Edward John Thye
Government offices
Preceded by
N/A
Director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration
1953-1955
Succeeded by
N/A
Academic offices
Preceded by
George William McClelland
President of the University of Pennsylvania
1948-1953
Succeeded by
William Hagan DuBarry
acting
Party political offices
Preceded by
Martin A. Nelson
Republican Party nominee for Governor of Minnesota
1938 (won), 1940 (won), 1942 (won)
Succeeded by
Edward John Thye
Preceded by
W. Thatcher Longstreth
Republican Party nominee for Mayor of Philadelphia
1959 (lost)
Succeeded by
James T. McDermott
Preceded by
Mary Jane Rachner
Republican Party nominee for Representative from Minnesota's 4th congressional district
1986 (lost)
Succeeded by
Ian Maitland
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Albert B. Chandler
Earliest serving US governor
1991 - 2001
Succeeded by
Charles Poletti


Governors of Minnesota

Territorial (1849 - 1858)Ramsey * Gorman * Medary
State (since 1858)Sibley * Ramsey * Swift * Miller * Marshall * Austin * Davis * Pillsbury * Hubbard * McGill * Merriam * Nelson * Clough * Lind * Van Sant * Johnson * Eberhart * Hammond * Burnquist * Preus * Christianson * Olson * Petersen * Benson * Stassen * Thye * Youngdahl * E. Anderson * Freeman * Andersen * Rolvaag * LeVander * W. Anderson * Perpich * Quie * Perpich * Carlson * Ventura * Pawlenty

Chairs of the National Governors Association

Willson * McGovern * Walsh * Spry * Capper * Harrington * Allen * Sproul * Cox * Trinkle * Brewster * McMullen * Dern * Case * Pollard * Rolph * McNutt * Peery * Cochran * Stark * Vanderbilt * Stassen * O'Conor * Saltonstall * Maw * Martin * Caldwell * Hildreth * Hunt * Lane * Carlson * Lausche * Peterson * Shivers * Thornton * Kennon * Langlie * Stanley * Stratton * Collins * Boggs * McNichols * Powell * Rosellini * Anderson * Sawyer * Reed * Guy * Volpe * Ellington * Love * Hearnes * Moore * Mandel * Evans * Rampton * Ray * Andrus * Askew * Milliken * Carroll * Bowen * Busbee * Snelling * Matheson * J. Thompson * Carlin * Alexander * Clinton * Sununu * Baliles * Branstad * Gardner * Ashcroft * Romer * Campbell * Dean * T. Thompson * Miller * Voinovich * Carper * Leavitt * Glendening * Engler * Patton * Kempthorne * Warner * Huckabee * Napolitano * Pawlenty * Rendell * Douglas * Manchin

United States presidential election, 1948

Democratic Party1948 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesKilgore * Russell * Truman * Wallace *
VP CandidatesBarkley
Republican Party1948 Republican National Convention
CandidatesBender * Dewey * Hitchcock * MacArthur * J. W. Martin * E. Martin * Saltonstall * Stassen * Vandenberg * Warren * Taft
VP CandidatesStassen * Warren
State's Rights Democratic PartyDixiecrat nomination
CandidatesThurmond
VP CandidatesWright
Progressive PartyProgressive Party nomination
CandidatesWallace
VP CandidatesTaylor

United States presidential election, 1964

Democratic Party1964 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBrewster * Brown * Johnson * Kennedy * Randolph * Reynolds * Wallace * Welsh * Yorty
VP CandidatesDodd * Humphrey * Kennedy * McCarthy
Republican Party1964 Republican National Convention
CandidatesFong * Goldwater * Lodge * Nixon * Rhodes * Rockefeller * Scranton * Smith * Stassen
VP CandidatesMiller

United States presidential election, 1968

Democratic Party1968 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBranigin * Crommelin * Fisher * Humphrey (campaign) * R. Kennedy (campaign) * Johnson * Lynch * McCarthy (campaign) * McGovern * Moore * Smathers * Young
VP CandidatesMuskie
Republican Party1968 Republican National Convention
CandidatesCarlson * Case * Fong * Lindsay * Nixon (campaign) * Reagan * Rhodes * N. Rockefeller * W. Rockefeller * Romney (campaign) * Stassen * Volpe
VP CandidatesAgnew * Brooke * Bush * Chafee * Evans * Finch * Hatfield * Javits * Love * Morton * Percy * Tower
Third PartyAmerican Independent Party
CandidateWallace (campaign)
VP CandidateLeMay

United States presidential election, 1976

Democratic Party
Convention * Primaries
Nominee: Jimmy Carter
VP Nominee: Walter Mondale
Other Candidates: Bayh * Bentsen * Brown * Byrd * Carey * Church * Harris * Humphrey * Jackson * Jaworski * Jordan * McCarthy * McCormack * Mondale * Randolph * Sanford * Shapp * Shriver * Stevenson * Udall * Wallace
Other VP Candidates: Albert * Dellums * Jordan
Republican Party
Convention * Primaries
Nominee: Gerald Ford
VP Nominee: Bob Dole
Other Candidates: Buckley * Reagan * Richardson * Stassen
Other VP Candidates: Helms
Minor partiesThomas J. Anderson (American) * Lester Maddox (American Independent) * Gus Hall (Communist) * Roger MacBride (Libertarian) * Margaret Wright (People's) * Peter Camejo (Socialist Workers) * LaRouche (U.S. Labor Party)

United States presidential election, 1992

Democratic Party1992 Democratic National Convention * Primaries
CandidatesAgran * Brown * Casey * Clinton (campaign) * Harkin * Kerrey * Laughlin * McCarthy * Tsongas * Wilder * Woods
VP CandidateGore
Republican Party1992 Republican National Convention
CandidatesBuchanan * Bush * Duke * Stassen
VP CandidateQuayle
Third partyIndependents
CandidateRoss Perot (campaign)
VP CandidateJames Stockdale



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