Harold Hagen

Harold Hagen

Harold Christian Hagen (born November 10, 1901 in Crookston , Polk County , Minnesota , †  March 19, 1957 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1955 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harold Hagen attended public schools in his home country and then, until 1917, St. Olaf College in Northfield . After that he worked in both the railroad business and agriculture. Between 1920 and 1928 he was also a reporter, publisher and editor of a newspaper in Norwegian . In the meantime he worked in Mandan ( North Dakota ) as a teacher. From 1928 to 1932, Hagen published the Polk County Leader newspaper, which appeared in Crookston. From 1934 to 1942 he served on the staff of Congressman Rich T. Buckler . In 1937 he was a delegate to a conference in Washington that dealt with the rivers and ports of the United States.

Politically, Hagen was a member of the Farmer Labor Party . In the 1942 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the ninth constituency of Minnesota, where he succeeded Rich Buckler on January 3, 1943. After his party merged with the Democratic Party in 1944 , Hagen joined the Republicans . As their candidate, he was confirmed in his mandate in the following five congressional elections. This allowed him to remain in the US House of Representatives until January 3, 1955. During this time the end of the Second World War and the Korean War as well as the beginning of the Cold War fell . The 22nd amendment to the Constitution was also passed at that time .

In 1954, Hagen was not re-elected. In 1956 another candidacy for the US House of Representatives failed. Harold Hagen worked in public relations in Washington until his death on March 19, 1957. He was buried in Crookston.

Web links

• Harold Hagen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harold Hagen in the database of Find a Grave (English)