{{Short description|American lawyer and ambassador (1913–2005)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Harry Farnum Stimpson Junior | image = | image_size = | order = | state = | district = | ambassador_from = United States | country = Paraguay | term_start = September 2, 1959 | term_end = March 12, 1961 | predecessor = Walter C. Ploeser | successor = William P. Snow | president = Dwight Eisenhower | office2 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|10|16}} | birth_place = Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|04|17|1913|10|16}} | death_place = Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S. | party = Republican | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr.''' (October 16, 1913 – April 17, 2005) was an American lawyer who was the United States' ambassador to Paraguay from 1959 to 1961.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr. (1913–2005) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/stimpson-harry-farnum |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
== Biography ==
=== Early life === Harry was born on October 16, 1913, as the second son of Harry Farnum Simpson Sr. and his wife Francis Maude Greenway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stilgenbauer to Stockstill |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#929.23.11 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=politicalgraveyard.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1928-07-06 |title=Obituary for H. F. STIMPSON (Aged 53) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-obituary-for-h-f-stim/56141076/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=17}}</ref> He studied at Noble and Greenough School, Harvard University, and University of Virginia School of Law, graduating at all of those.<ref name=":2" />
=== Political career and marriage === On 27 June 1942, Harry married Margaret Lewis Bird in Virginia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-06-29 |title=MARGARET L.BIRD IS WED IN VIRGINIA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/06/29/archives/margaret-lbird-is-wed-in-virginia-she-becomes-bride-of-ensign-i.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: June 27, 1942 |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-27.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=politicalgraveyard.com}}</ref> From 1953 to 1954, he was the secretary for the governor of Massachusetts.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXRAAAAAIBAJ&dq=Harry+Stimpson+Jr.&pg=PA1&article_id=5145,2984193 |title=Youngstown Vindicator |publisher=Youngstown Vindicator |language=en}}</ref> On 27 August 1959, Harry was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the United States' ambassador to Paraguay,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1959-08-27 |title=The Express from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/5580125/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> also becoming an assistant to Christian Herter, the Secretary of State at the time.<ref name=":3" /> In 1962, he was the Republican candidate for Massachusetts's 11th district.<ref name=":0" />
=== Later life and death === In 1987, his wife Margaret died. Two years later, he married again, this time to Martha B. Stimpson.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Obituary for Harry Farnum Stimpson |url=https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/5427142/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Star Tribune |language=en}}</ref> He died on April 7, 2005 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
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