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Stassen was the third of five children of [[Germany|German]] and [[Czech]] extraction born in West St. Paul in Dakota County, Minnesota, to William Andrew Stassen (1873-1962), who was the mayor of West St. Paul, and the former Elsie Emma Mueller (1876-1959). Stassen married the former Esther Ethel Glewwe (1906-2000). The Stassens had a son, Glen Harold Stassen (1936-2014). The Stassens are interred at Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights in Dakota County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20853/harold-edward-stassen|title=Harold Edward Stassen|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref> He received his bachelor's degree and LLB from the [[University of Minnesota]].

Stassen was the third of five children of [[Germany|German]] and [[Czech]] extraction born in West St. Paul in Dakota County, Minnesota, to William Andrew Stassen (1873-1962), who was the mayor of West St. Paul, and the former Elsie Emma Mueller (1876-1959). Stassen married the former Esther Ethel Glewwe (1906-2000). The Stassens had a son, Glen Harold Stassen (1936-2014). The Stassens are interred at Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights in Dakota County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20853/harold-edward-stassen|title=Harold Edward Stassen|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 5, 2020}}</ref> He received his bachelor's degree and LLB from the [[University of Minnesota]].

He was elected to three two-year terms as governor but resigned in 1942 to join the [[United States Navy]], in which he became an aide to Admiral [[William Halsey]]. 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 1942 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.

In 1956, Stassen launched his unsuccessful "Dump Nixon" movement intended to convince Eisenhower to drop Vice President [[Richard M. Nixon]] from their reelection bid, again against Adlai Stevenson. Between 1958 and 1990, he campaigned unsuccessfully for a plethora of political offices. He ran again for the presidential nominations in 1964, losing to [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]], in 1968 against the victorious Richard Nixon, in 1976 against [[Gerald Ford]], who won the nomination against [[Ronald W. Reagan]] but then lost in the fall to [[Georgia]] Democratic former Governor [[Jimmy Carter]], and in 1980 again against the victorious Reagan.

In 1956, Stassen launched his unsuccessful "Dump Nixon" movement intended to convince Eisenhower to drop Vice President [[Richard M. Nixon]] from their reelection bid, again against Adlai Stevenson. Between 1958 and 1990, he campaigned unsuccessfully for a plethora of political offices. He ran again for the presidential nominations in 1964, losing to [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]], in 1968 against the victorious Richard Nixon, in 1976 against [[Gerald Ford]], who won the nomination against [[Ronald W. Reagan]] but then lost in the fall to [[Georgia]] Democratic former Governor [[Jimmy Carter]], and in 1980 again against the victorious Reagan.