Knutson, Harold (1880–1953)

Norwegian-born US politician. A Republican serving Minnesota, he was n isolationist congressman (1917–49), who opposed the New Deal and launched personal attacks on President Franklin Roosevelt. A member of the National Committee to Keep America Out of War in the 1940s, he opposed the war effort and the subsequent Marshall Plan. Knutson was born in Skien, Norway. He emigrated to the USA at the age of six, where he grew up on a Minnesota dairy farm. Before entering politics, he was a newspaper man and publisher of the Pioneer Journal.