Preceded by William I. Nolan Residence Preston, Minnesota | Succeeded by Oscar A. Swenson Name John Johnson | |
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Born July 9, 1883
Litchfield, Minnesota ( 1883-07-09 ) Died February 3, 1962(1962-02-03) (aged 78) Political party Nonpartisan Conservative Caucus Alma mater Stevens County Common Schools | ||
John A. Johnson (July 9, 1883 in Litchfield, Minnesota – February 3, 1962) was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He served three decades in the Minnesota legislature, twenty of those years in the Minnesota House.
Johnson was a hardware store owner in Preston, Minnesota when he was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1920. He caucused with the Conservative caucus in the then-nonpartisan legislature. In 1925, he was elected Speaker of the House, a position he held until he left the legislature in 1931.
Johnson served as postmaster of the house during his time out of office, and returned to the legislature as a representative in 1939, serving ten years, most of that as chair of the Municipal Affairs committee. In 1949, he moved to the Minnesota Senate after winning a special election. He retired from the legislature in 1959.