Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Staebler yana da asalin Jamus. An haife shi ne a Ann Arbor, Michigan kuma ya sauke karatu daga Ann Arbor High School a 1922. Ya sami BA. daga Jami'ar Michigan a Ann Arbor a 1926. Ya yi aiki a ma'aikatan Ofishin Gudanar da Farashin, 1942-1943, kuma a cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa na Amurka, 1943-1945. Ya kasance shugaban kwamitin tsakiya na jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar Michigan, 1950-1961 kuma memba na Kwamitin Kasa na Democrat, 1961-1964 da 1965-1968. Ya kasance farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Massachusetts a 1962. Ya kasance wakili ne na Majalisar Dattijai na Jam'iyyar Democrat daga Michigan a 1952, 1956
, 1960, 1964, da kuma 1968.