Harold Stassen
Harold Edward Stassen (
1907 -
March 4,
2001) was the 25th
Governor of Minnesota from
1939 to
1943. He was the youngest governor to serve in Minnesota. He resigned from office in 1943 to join the
United States Navy during
World War II. He was a delegate at the San Francisco Conference that established the
United Nations. He sought the
Republican Party nomination for
President nine times between 1948 and 1992, but never gained it.