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Magnus Johnson

Agrarian reformer, US senator and representative, born near Kalstad, Sweden. Emigrating to Wisconsin (1891), he settled in Minnesota (1894) and took up farming. Active in the farmers' co-operative movement, as a Farmer Labor Party candidate he served in the Minnesota legislature, in the US Senate (1923–5), and in the House of Representatives (1933–5).

Magnus Johnson
U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Term of office:
July 16, 1923 to March 3, 1925
Political party: Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
Preceded by: Knute Nelson
Succeeded by: Thomas D. Schall
Born: September 19, 1871
Karlstad, Sweden
Died: September 13, 1936

Magnus Johnson (September 19, 1871 - September 13, 1936) was an American politician.

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