Harold Hagen

{{Short description|American politician (1901–1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Harold Hagen | image = Harold Hagen 1953.jpg | term_start = January 3, 1943 | term_end = January 3, 1955 | state = Minnesota | district = 9th | birth_place = Crookston, Minnesota, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|11|10}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1957|3|19|1901|11|10}} | predecessor = Richard T. Buckler | successor = Coya Knutson | alma_mater = St. Olaf College | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | party = Republican | birth_name = Harold Christian Hagen | caption = Hagen in 1953 | other_party = Farmer–Labor | relations = }}

'''Harold Christian Hagen''' (November 10, 1901 – March 19, 1957) was a Minnesota politician. He was a Farmer–Laborite and then a Republican, serving the 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 House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 9th congressional district. He was reelected as a Republican U.S. Representative from 1943 to 1955. After his defeat in the United States House election, 1954, Hagen worked in Washington, D.C.'s public relations business. All together, he served in the 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, and 83rd Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955).

{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{succession box | before = Richard T. Buckler | title = U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 9th congressional district | years = 1943–1955 | after = Coya Knutson }} {{s-end}}

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