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Hiram Warren Johnson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hiram Warren Johnson 1866-1945, American political leader, U.S. Senator from California (1917-45), b. Sacramento, Calif. His role as attorney in the successful prosecution of Abe Ruef , political boss of San Francisco, led to his election (1910) as governor of California. Johnson broke the political domination of the Southern Pacific RR in California and secured the enactment of much reform legislation. A founder of the Progressive party, he was Theodore Roosevelt's running mate on the unsuccessful Progressive ticket of 1912. He was reelected governor in 1914. In 1916, Johnson refused to support... Read more
Hiram Warren Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945), American politician...isolationism in international affairs. Hiram Johnson was born in Sacramento, Calif...California's Prodigal Sons: Hiram Johnson and the Progressives, 1911-1917... Read more
National Politics: The 1920 Republican Nomination Race
...New Hampshire, Sen. Hiram Johnson of California (Roosevelt...Lowden of Illinois, Sen. Warren G. Harding of Ohio...campaign spending. Hiram Johnson garnered much of the...with party regulars, Johnson made his appeal to...of Illinois. Unlike Johnson, Lowden favored ... Read more

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