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'''Harold Edward Stassen''' (April 13, 1907 – 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=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 – 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 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]].
His strongest of the losing campaigns occurred in 1948, when Stassen, initially favored to win the presidential nomination, lost out to fellow Moderate Republican [[Thomas E. Dewey]], then the governor of [[New York]]. In that race, the two debated on [[radio]], 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 "outlawed."
His strongest of the losing campaigns occurred in 1948, when Stassen, initially favored to win the presidential nomination, lost out to fellow Moderate Republican [[Thomas E. Dewey]], then the governor of [[New York]]. In that race, the two debated on [[radio]], 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 "outlawed."