Harold Christian Hagen (November 10, 1901 – March 19, 1957) was a

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politician. He was a Farmer-Laborite and then a

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, serving the ninth district from 1943 to 1955. Born in

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, he was

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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

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, representing Minnesota's 9th congressional district. He was subsequently reelected as a

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from 1943 to 1955. After his defeat in the

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, Hagen worked in

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's public relations business. All together, he served in the 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, and 83rd congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955).

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