Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa kuWest St. Paul, Minnesota, Stassen akasarudzwa kuva gweta reruwa rweDakota County, Minnesota pashure pokupedza kudzidza paYunivhesiti yeMinnesota. Akakunda musarudzo saGavhuna weMinnesota muna 1938. Stassen akanga ari ipapo uye anoramba ari munhu muduku akasarudzwa kuhofisi iyoyo. Akapa hurukuro inokosha paNational Convention yeRepublican muna 1940. Akasiya basa rake segovernor kuti ashande muUnited States Navy munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, achiva mubatsiri kuna Admiral William Halsey Jr. Mushure mehondo, akava purezidhendi weYunivhesiti yePennsylvania, achiita basa iroro kubva muna 1948 kusvika muna 1953. Stassen akatsvaka kusarudzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika pa1948 Republican National Convention
, kuwana mugove unokosha wevamiriri pamatanho maviri okutanga okuvhota ekokorodzano. Munguva yeRepublican primaries yakatangira gungano, akabatanidzwa muDewey <unk> Stassen nharo, yekutanga nharo yakanyorwa pakati pevakasarudzwa vemutungamiri wenyika.