Presidential Candidate and Governor of Minnesota Harold Stassen Autograph Photo

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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & MINNESOTA GOVERNOR HAROLD STASSEN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO/SKETCH
11" x 14"   image of a sketch of Stassen inscribed and signed dated 10/15/1942.
In very good condition
Harold Edward Stassen
(April 13, 1907 – March 4, 2001) was an American politician who was the
25th Governor of Minnesota
. He was a leading candidate for the
Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1948
, considered for a time to be the front-runner. He thereafter regularly continued to run for that and other offices, such that his name became most identified with his status as a
perennial candidate
.
Born in
West St. Paul, Minnesota
, Stassen was elected as the district attorney of
Dakota County, Minnesota
after graduating from the
University of Minnesota
. He won election as Governor of Minnesota in 1938. Stassen is the youngest person elected to that office.
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He gave the keynote address at the
1940 Republican National Convention
. He resigned as governor to serve in the
United States Navy
during
World War II
, becoming an aide to Admiral
William Halsey Jr.
After the war, he became president of the
University of Pennsylvania
, holding that position from 1948 to 1953. Stassen sought the presidential nomination at the
1948 Republican National Convention
, winning a significant share of the delegates on the first two ballots of the convention. During the Republican primaries preceding the convention, he engaged in the
Dewey–Stassen debate
, the first recorded debate between presidential candidates.
Stassen sought the presidential nomination again at the
1952 Republican National Convention
, and helped
Dwight D. Eisenhower
win the nomination by shifting his support to Eisenhower. After serving in the Eisenhower administration, Stassen sought various offices. Between 1958 and 1990, he campaigned unsuccessfully for the positions of
Governor of Pennsylvania
,
Mayor of Philadelphia
, United States Senator, Governor of Minnesota, and United States Representative. He further sought the Republican nomination for president in
1964
,
1968
,
1976
,
1980
,
1984
,
1988
, and
1992
.
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