# Harry F. Stimpson Jr.

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{{Short description|American lawyer and ambassador (1913–2005)}}
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| name            = Harry Farnum Stimpson Junior
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| ambassador_from = United States
| country         = Paraguay
| term_start      = September 2, 1959
| term_end        = March 12, 1961
| predecessor     = [Walter C. Ploeser](/source/Walter_C._Ploeser)
| successor       = [William P. Snow](/source/William_P._Snow)
| president       = [Dwight Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_Eisenhower)
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| birth_date      = {{birth date|1913|10|16}}
| birth_place     = [Newton, Massachusetts](/source/Newton%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2005|04|17|1913|10|16}}
| death_place     = [Plymouth, Massachusetts](/source/Plymouth%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| party           = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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'''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.](/source/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](/source/Noble_and_Greenough_School), [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), and [University of Virginia School of Law](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Christian_Herter), the Secretary of State at the time.<ref name=":3" /> In [1962](/source/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections), he was the Republican candidate for [Massachusetts's 11th district](/source/Massachusetts's_11th_congressional_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](/source/Plymouth%2C_Massachusetts).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

== References ==

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Category:1913 births
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Paraguay
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Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni

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