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(Redirected from Harry F. Stimpson, Jr.) American lawyer and ambassador (1913–2005)
Harry Farnum Stimpson Junior
United States Ambassador to Paraguay
In office
September 2, 1959 – March 12, 1961
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byWalter C. Ploeser
Succeeded byWilliam P. Snow
Personal details
Born(1913-10-16)October 16, 1913
Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2005(2005-04-17) (aged 91)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

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.

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. He studied at Noble and Greenough School, Harvard University, and University of Virginia School of Law, graduating at all of those.

Political career and marriage

On 27 June 1942, Harry married Margaret Lewis Bird in Virginia. From 1953 to 1954, he was the secretary for the governor of Massachusetts. On 27 August 1959, Harry was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the United States' ambassador to Paraguay, also becoming an assistant to Christian Herter, the Secretary of State at the time. In 1962, he was the Republican candidate for Massachusetts's 11th district.

Later life and death

In 1987, his wife Margaret died. Two years later, he married again, this time to Martha B. Stimpson. He died on April 7, 2005 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

References

  1. ^ "Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr. (1913–2005)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stilgenbauer to Stockstill". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  3. "Obituary for H. F. STIMPSON (Aged 53)". The Boston Globe. 1928-07-06. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. ^ "Obituary for Harry Farnum Stimpson". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  5. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (1942-06-29). "MARGARET L.BIRD IS WED IN VIRGINIA". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  6. "The Political Graveyard: June 27, 1942". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  7. ^ Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown Vindicator.
  8. "The Express from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania". Newspapers.com. 1959-08-27. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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