Alfred I. Johnson

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alfred I. Johnson | image = AlfredIJohnson.jpg | order = 42nd | office = Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term_start = January 6, 1955 | term_end = January 5, 1959 | predecessor = John A. Hartle | successor = Edwin J. Chilgren | state_house3 = Minnesota | district3 = 25th | term_start3 = January 7, 1941 | term_end3 = January 5, 1959 | preceded3 = | succeeded3 = Marty McGowan | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|1|10}} | birth_place = Six Mile Grove Township, Swift County, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|2|15|1898|1|10}} | death_place = Benson, Minnesota, U.S. | alma_mater = | party = Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus | spouse = | children = | profession = Grocer | footnotes = }} '''Alfred I. Johnson''' (January 10, 1898 – February 15, 1977) was a Minnesota not a 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.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12320 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]</ref>

A Lutheran, Johnson was a member of Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson, Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=12320 |title=Johnson, Alfred I. |publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library |accessdate=2023-06-03}}</ref>

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