Harold E. Stassen biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Harold E. Stassen

Author Name:

Harold E. Stassen

Born As:

Harold Edward Stassen

Other Names:

Born:

13 Apr 1907

Died:

4 Mar 2001




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Republican politician                          
                          
Mother Elsie Muelle
Father William Stassen, Harold Stassen being the fourth of five children
Wife Esther G. Glewwe                          
Dakota County District Attorney in 1930 and 1934
Governor of Minnesota - 1938, 1940, 1942
Governor of Pennsylvania twice,
United States Senate twice, and
Mayor of Philadelphia.
U.S. Republican Representative against Bruce Vento of Minnesota in 1986.                          
Republican Party nomination for President, seeking it twelve times between 1944 and 2000, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 but never winning.