{{Short description|American politician}} {{about||the American newspaper editor and politician|Stanley P. V. Arnold}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Stanley Arnold |image = Stanley Arnold, 1963.jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1903|9|22}} |birth_place = Crown Point, Indiana, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1984|2|27|1903|9|22}} |death_place = Susanville, California, U.S. |state_senate = California |district = 1st |term = January 5, 1956 – July 16, 1965 |preceded = Dale C. Williams |succeeded = Randolph Collier |party = Democratic |spouse = Almida Lindquist (m. 1928) |children = Stanley Dawson |education = }}

'''Stanley Arnold''' (September 22, 1903 – February 27, 1984) was an American politician who served in the California State Senate, representing the 1st District.<ref>{{cite web|title= Join California - Stanley Arnold|url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5643|website=joincalifornia.com}}</ref> In 1965 he was named judge of the Lassen County Superior Court by Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown Sr. and held that post until his retirement in 1972.

He was born Jacob Stanley Arnold on September 22, 1903, at Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, of John Dawson and Mary (Weis) Arnold. He was married on May 18, 1928, at Susanville, Lassen County, California, to Svea Almida Lindquist. They had one child, Stanley Dawson Arnold, born 7 October 1931, an attorney (Arnold & Arnold) in Susanville California.

Senator Arnold died at Susanville on February 27, 1984.

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