Hiram Johnson
California governor (1911-17) and senator (1917-45) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1866 to 1945 · aged 78
Hiram Warren Johnson was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and represented California in the U.S. Senate for five terms from 1917 to 1945.
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Theodore Roosevelt 5 more1911Named Governor of CaliforniaOffice3 January 1911 to 15 March 19171866Born2 September 1866People around Hiram
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Johnson (left), specially retained by the State, and District Attorney William H. Langdon arrive for trial preliminaries on behalf of the prosecution, 1906
Johnson and newly elected Lieutenant Governor A. J. Wallace, right, in the Los Angeles Herald, November 9, 1910
Theodore Roosevelt and Johnson shake hands after their nominations as president and vice president, respectively.
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Johnson (left) with his oldest son, Hiram Jr. c. 1920-1925Awards
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Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century as a leading progressive and ran for vice president on Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive ticket in the 1912 presidential election. As a U.S. senator, Johnson voted for American entry into World War I and was later a critic of the foreign policy of both Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Johnson was the only governor of his state from 1856 until 1943 to serve more than one term.
