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==Political career==

==Political career==

He was elected to three two-year terms as governor but resigned in 1943 to join the [[United States Navy]], in which he became an aide to Admiral [[William F. Halsey, Jr.]] In 1940, he had delivered the keynote address at the [[Republican National Convention]] held in Philadelphia. In 1952, Stassen again ran for president but shifted his support at a critical time in the convention in [[Chicago]] to [[Dwight Eisenhower]], who then won the nomination over [[Robert A. Taft]] of [[Ohio]] and the [[general election]] over the Democrat former governor of [[Illinois]], [[Adlai Stevenson]]. Stassen then served in the Eisenhower administration as the director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration and the Mutual Security Agency.

He was elected to three two-year terms as governor but resigned in 1943 to join the [[United States Navy]],<ref name=archives/> in which he became an aide to Admiral [[William F. Halsey, Jr.]] In 1940, he had delivered the keynote address at the [[Republican National Convention]] held in Philadelphia.<ref name=archives/> In 1952, Stassen again ran for president but shifted his support at a critical time in the convention in [[Chicago]] to [[Dwight Eisenhower]], who then won the nomination over [[Robert A. Taft]] of [[Ohio]] and the [[general election]] over the Democrat former governor of [[Illinois]], [[Adlai Stevenson]]. Stassen then served in the Eisenhower administration as the director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration and the Mutual Security Agency.

His strongest of the losing campaigns occurred in 1948, when Stassen, initially favored to win  the presidential nomination, lost out on the third convention ballot to fellow Moderate Republican [[Thomas E. Dewey]], then the governor of [[New York]]. In that race, the two debated on [[radio]] days prior to the [[Oregon]] [[primary]], 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 be "outlawed."

His strongest of the losing campaigns occurred in 1948, when Stassen, initially favored to win  the presidential nomination, lost out on the third convention ballot to fellow Moderate Republican [[Thomas E. Dewey]], then the governor of [[New York]]. In that race, the two debated on [[radio]] days prior to the [[Oregon]] [[primary]], 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 be "outlawed."