Harold Christian Hagen (November 10, 1901 – March
19, 1957) was a Minnesota politician. He was a Republican, serving
the ninth district from 1943–1955.
Born in
Crookston,
Minnesota
, he was Lutheran of
Norwegian
ancestry. He attended St. Olaf College
and then began as a publisher and editor of a
Norwegian language newspaper and publisher of the Polk County Leader in
Crookston.
He later served as secretary to Representative
Richard T. Buckler. Succeeding Buckler, Hagen was
elected as a candidate of the
Farmer-Labor Party to th
U.S. House of Representatives,
representing
Minnesota's 9th
congressional district. He was subsequently reelected as a
Republican U.S. Representative from 1943 – 1955.
After his
defeat in the United
States House election, 1954, Hagen worked in Washington,
D.C.
's public relations business. Altogether, he
served in the
78th,
79th,
80th,
81st,
82nd, and
83rd congresses, (January 3,
1943 – January 3, 1955).
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