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|office=25th [[Governor]] of [[Minnesota]

|office=25th [[Governor]] of [[Minnesota]

|term_start=January 2, 1939​  

|term_start=January 2, 1939​  

|term_end= April 27, 1943

|term_end=April 27, 1943

|preceded=Elmer Austin Benson​  

|preceded=Elmer Austin Benson​  

|succeeded=Edward John Thye

|succeeded=Edward John Thye

|office2=Chairman of the National Governors Association

|office2=Chairman of the National Governors Association

|term_start2=January 7, 1941

|term_start2=January 7, 1941

|term_end2=June 21, 1942

|term_end2=June 21, 1942

|preceded2=​William Henry Vanderbilt

|preceded2=​William Henry Vanderbilt, III, of [[Rhode Island]]

|succeeded2=Herbert O'Conor

|succeeded2=Herbert O'Conor of [[Maryland]]

|office3= President of the [[University of Pennsylvania​]] at [[Philadelphia]]

|office3=President of the [[University of Pennsylvania​]] at [[Philadelphia]]

|term_star3=1948​

|term_star3=1948​

|term_end3=1953

|term_end3=1953

|death_date=March 4, 2001 (aged 93)

|death_date=March 4, 2001 (aged 93)

|death_place=Bloomington, Hennepin County<br>Minnesota​

|death_place=Bloomington, Hennepin County<br>Minnesota​

|resting_place=Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights,  Dakota County, MinnesotaMendota Heights, Dakota County, M

|resting_place=Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights,  Dakota County, MinnesotaMendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|spouse=Esther Ethel Glewwe Stassen (married 1929-2000, her death)​

|spouse=Esther Ethel Glewwe Stassen (married 1929-2000, her death)​

|alma_mater=[[University of Minnesota]] (B.A. and LLB)

|alma_mater=[[University of Minnesota]] (B.A. and LLB)

|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Educator]]; [[Politician]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Educator]]; [[Politician]]

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'''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 &n dash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state - [[Minnesota]] in 1983. He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold Stassen|publisher=Libguide|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 &n dash; March 4, 2001) was a [[Moderate Republican]] who was the youngest person elected as the [[governor]] of a U.S. state - [[Minnesota]] in 1983. He still holds that designation.<ref>{{cite web|url=ref>{{cite web|url=http://libguides.mnhs.org/stassen|title=Harold Stassen|publisher=Libguide|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]].