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Preceded by
  
Succeeded by
  
Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Alfred Johnson

Profession
  
Grocer


Alfred I. Johnson

Born
  
January 10, 1898Six Mile Grove Township, Minnesota (
1898-01-10
)

Political party
  
Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus

Died
  
February 15, 1977, Benson, Minnesota, United States

Residence
  
Benson, Minnesota, United States

Alfred I. Johnson (January 10, 1898 – February 15, 1977) was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Born on a farm, he became a livestock farmer himself. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1940, where he caucused Liberal Caucus with the then-nonpartisan body. When liberals gained control of the body in 1955, he became speaker, a position he would hold until he left the body in 1959.

After leaving the legislature, Johnson served on the Board of Regents for the University of Minnesota. He died in 1977.

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