# Magnus Johnson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Magnus_Johnson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Magnus_Johnson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Johnson > Source revision: 1353881915 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician (1871–1936)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Magnus Johnson | image = Magnus Johnson LCCN2014716191 Trim.jpg | caption = Johnson {{circa}} 1923–1925 | jr/sr = [United States Senator](/source/United_States_Senator) | state = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) | term1 = July 16, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | preceded1 = [Knute Nelson](/source/Knute_Nelson) | succeeded1 = [Thomas D. Schall](/source/Thomas_D._Schall) | state2 = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) | constituency2 = [General Ticket Seat Five](/source/Minnesota's_at-large_congressional_district) | term2 = March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | preceded2 = ''[General ticket](/source/General_ticket) adopted'' | succeeded2 = ''[General ticket](/source/General_ticket) abolished'' | state_senate3 = Minnesota | district3 = 26th | term_start3 = January 6, 1919 | term_end3 = December 31, 1922 | predecessor3 = Edward P. Peterson | successor3 = Edward P. Peterson | state_house4 = Minnesota | district4 = 26th | term_start4 = January 4, 1915 | term_end4 = January 5, 1919 | predecessor4 = L. O. Westman | successor4 = John M. Nelson | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|9|19}} | birth_place = [Karlstad](/source/Karlstad), Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|1936|9|13|1871|9|19}} | death_place = [Litchfield, Minnesota](/source/Litchfield%2C_Minnesota), U.S. | party = [Farmer–Labor](/source/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) | spouse = }} '''Magnus Johnson''' (September 19, 1871{{spaced ndash}}September 13, 1936) was an American politician.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Curt|date=November 1, 2014|title=Minnesota History: The most interesting state politician you might not have heard of|work=Star Tribune|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/LegDB/articles/12370_STprofile.pdf|access-date=May 22, 2020}} He served in the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) and [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) as a member of the [Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party). Johnson is the only Swedish-born person to serve in the U.S. Senate.{{Cite magazine|date=July 23, 1923|title=Magnus the Great|language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,716153,00.html|access-date=May 22, 2020|issn=0040-781X}} == Biography == Magnus Johnson was born in Ed Parish, near [Karlstad](/source/Karlstad), Sweden, on September 19, 1871. His family moved to [La Crosse, Wisconsin](/source/La_Crosse%2C_Wisconsin) in 1891,{{cite web | url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000161 | title=Bioguide Search }} then to [Meeker County, Minnesota](/source/Meeker_County%2C_Minnesota), in 1893. Johnson worked as a [millhand](/source/factory_worker) and [lumberjack](/source/lumberjack), became a farmer, and by 1913 was the leader of the Minnesota branch of the [American Society of Equity](/source/American_Society_of_Equity) and Vice President of the Equity-owned Equity Co-operative Grain Exchange and Farmers' Terminal Packing Co. [[File:Magnus Johnson cph.3b20310.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Portrait by [Clinedinst](/source/Barnett_McFee_Clinedinst) {{circa}} 1909]] Johnson served in both the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives) and the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate){{cite web |title=Johnson, Magnus |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=12370 |website=lrl.mn.gov |publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library |access-date=5 May 2025}} before being elected to the [U.S. Senate](/source/U.S._Senate) on the Farmer-Labor ticket, to fill the seat opened because of the death of [Knute Nelson](/source/Knute_Nelson). Johnson served in the Senate from July 16, 1923, to March 3, 1925, in the [68th congress](/source/68th_United_States_Congress). He lost his bid for reelection in 1924. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935, in the [73rd congress](/source/73rd_United_States_Congress), winning one of the [general ticket](/source/general_ticket) seats. Subsequently, he resumed agricultural pursuits and served as state supervisor of public [stockyards](/source/Feedlot) 1934–1936. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Farmer-Labor nomination for [Governor of Minnesota](/source/Governor_of_Minnesota) in 1936.[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12370 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present] Johnson died in [Litchfield](/source/Litchfield%2C_Minnesota), where he had gone for medical treatment, on September 13, 1936, and his interment is in Dassel Community Cemetery in [Dassel, Minnesota](/source/Dassel%2C_Minnesota). A son of his, Francis Austin Johnson (1904–1989) is the creator of the World's [Biggest Ball of Twine](/source/Biggest_ball_of_twine); the twine ball rests under an enclosed pagoda in [Darwin Township, Minnesota](/source/Darwin_Township%2C_Minnesota). He is interred in the same cemetery, near his father. == See also == *[List of United States senators born outside the United States](/source/List_of_United_States_senators_born_outside_the_United_States) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{Commons-inline}} *{{Find a Grave|5971}} *{{Biographical Directory of Congress|J000161|name=JOHNSON, Magnus|inline=1}} {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} |- {{s-vac|last=[David H. Evans](/source/David_Evans_(Minnesota_politician))}} {{s-ttl|title=[Farmer–Labor](/source/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) nominee for [Governor of Minnesota](/source/Governor_of_Minnesota)|years=[1922](/source/1922_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election)}} {{s-aft|after=[Floyd B. Olson](/source/Floyd_B._Olson)}} {{s-new|first}} {{s-ttl|title=[Farmer–Labor](/source/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) nominee for [U.S. Senator](/source/United_States_Senate) from [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota)
([Class 2](/source/Classes_of_United_States_senators))|years=[1923](/source/1923_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Minnesota), [1924](/source/1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota)}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=[Ernest Lundeen](/source/Ernest_Lundeen)}} {{s-bef|before=[Floyd B. Olson](/source/Floyd_B._Olson)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Farmer–Labor](/source/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) nominee for [Governor of Minnesota](/source/Governor_of_Minnesota)|years=[1926](/source/1926_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election)}} {{s-par|us-sen}} {{US Senator succession box|state=Minnesota|class=2|before=[Knute Nelson](/source/Knute_Nelson)|after=[Thomas D. Schall](/source/Thomas_D._Schall)|years=1923–1925|alongside=[Henrik Shipstead](/source/Henrik_Shipstead)|}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{succession box| before=[General ticket](/source/General_ticket) Adopted| title=[U.S. Representative](/source/Minnesota's_congressional_delegations) from [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota)
[General ticket](/source/General_ticket) Seat Five| years=1933–1935| after=[General ticket](/source/General_ticket) Abolished|}} {{s-end}} {{United States senators from Minnesota}} {{Third-party US senators}} {{United States representatives from Minnesota}} {{USCongRep-start|congresses= 68th & 73rd [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress)es |state=[Minnesota](/source/Minnesota)}} {{USCongRep/MN/68}} {{USCongRep/Line}} {{USCongRep/MN/73}} {{USCongRep-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Magnus}} Category:1871 births Category:1936 deaths Category:Lutherans from Minnesota Category:Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:United States representatives from Minnesota Category:Minnesota state senators Category:People from Meeker County, Minnesota Category:Swedish emigrants to the United States Category:United States senators from Minnesota Category:Farmer–Labor Party United States senators Category:Minnesota Farmer–Laborites Category:Farmer–Labor Party United States representatives Category:Leaders of the American Society of Equity Category:20th-century United States senators Category:20th-century United States representatives Category:20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature Category:People from Grums Municipality Category:Minnesota gubernatorial candidates {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-stub}} {{Minnesota-MNSenate-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Magnus Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Johnson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Johnson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.