Harold Hagen

Harold Christian Hagen was a Minnesota politician. He was a Farmer–Laborite and then a Republican, serving the Minnesota's [9th congressional district|ninth district] from 1943 to 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 the United [States House of Representatives|House of Representatives], representing Minnesota's 9th congressional district. He was subsequently reelected as a Republican U.S. Representative from 1943 to 1955. After his defeat in the 1954 [United States House of Representatives elections|United States House election, 1954], Hagen worked in Washington, D.C.'s public relations business. All together, he served in the 78th [United States Congress|78th], 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, and 83rd Congresses.