Harold Stassen
From Turtledove
| Harold Stassen | |
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| Historical Figure | |
| Timeline: | OTL |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Religion: | Baptist |
| Date of Birth: | 1907 |
| Date of Death: | 2001 |
| Cause of Death: | Natural Causes |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, Governor of Minnesota, Presidential Candidate |
| Spouse: | Esther G. Glewwe |
| Affiliations: | Republican Party |
| Timeline: | The Man With the Iron Heart |
| Timeline: | Southern Victory |
| Appearance(s): | In at the Death (oblique reference) |
| Timeline: | Worldwar |
| Occupation: | Vice President of the United States; President of the United States |
Harold Edward Stassen (1907–2001) was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943 and a later perennial candidate for other offices, most notably and frequently President of the United States.
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[edit] Harold Stassen in The Man With the Iron Heart
Harold Stassen, along with Thomas Dewey and Robert Taft, was an early contender for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 1948.
[edit] Harold Stassen in Worldwar
Harold Stassen was Earl Warren's Vice President, and succeeded Warren when he committed suicide in the wake of the destruction of Indianapolis by the Race.
Stassen was not privy to Warren's decision to attack the Race's Colonization Fleet in 1962. In the aftermath Warren's death, Stassen set about removing those members of the administration who had known about Warren's actions. Stassen was already certain that he wouldn't be elected in 1968, a fact that he privately shared with his Soviet counterpart, Vyacheslav Molotov.
Stassen soon became privy to the new American use of rocket propelled asteroids as a weapon. During a meeting with Sam Yeager, the man who revealed to the world Warren's actions, Yeager attempted to broach the subject with Stassen. Stassen pointedly shared nothing with Yeager.
[edit] Literary Comment
Harold Stassen was alive at the time the Colonization series was published. Turtledove's inclusion of Stassen in an unaltered form is somewhat unusual.
[edit] Harold Stassen in Southern Victory
Harold Stassen, Minnesota's enthusiastic young governor, was the Republican nominee for the presidency in 1944. While he didn't win, he did manage to take the usual Republican states of Indiana and Kansas. More impressively, he took his homestate, as well as incumbent President Charles W. La Follette's homestate of Wisconsin, traditionally Socialist Party states.
Note: Stassen's name is not given in the text, but the description matches the historical figure.
| Office | ||
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| Preceded by Elmer Austin Benson | Governor of Minnesota (OTL) 1939-1943 | Succeeded by Edward John Thye |
| Office | ||
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| Preceded by Earl Warren | President of the United States (Worldwar) 1966-1969 | Succeeded by Unknown; Next known is Joyce Peterman |
| Office | ||
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| Preceded by Unknown; last known is Henry Wallace | Vice President of the United States (Worldwar) 1961-1966 | Succeeded by Unknown |
