| | '''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]]. |