| LC control no. | no2011132129 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnson, Edwin C. (Edwin Carl), 1884-1970 |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970 |
| See also | Colorado. Governor (1933-1937 : Johnson) Colorado. Governor (1955-1957 : Johnson) |
| Birth date | 1884-01-01 |
| Death date | 1970-05-30 |
| Place of death | Denver (Colo.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians |
| Found in | KMBC special broadcast. 1949-07-15, Senator Edwin Carl Johnson talk [SR] 1949: from audition (Edwin C. Johnson, U.S. senator) OCLC, Aug. 24, 2011 (hdg.: Johnson, Edwin C.; Johnson, Edwin C. (Edwin Carl), 1884-1970; Johnson, Edwin C., 1884-1970; Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884- ; Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970; usage: Edwin C. Johnson) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress WWW site, Aug. 24, 2011 (Johnson, Edwin Carl; b. Jan. 1, 1884, Scandia, Kan.; d. May 30, 1970, Denver, Colo.; democrat; senator from Colorado) Wikipedia, viewed October 18, 2016 (Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 - May 30, 1970) was a Democrat who served as both governor and U.S. senator from the U.S. state of Colorado) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_C._Johnson> Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed October 25, 2023: (Johnson, Edwin Carl, a Senator from Colorado; born in Scandia, Republic County, Kans., January 1, 1884; moved with his parents to a cattle ranch near Elsie, Nebr., in 1884; attended the rural schools; employed as railroad laborer, telegrapher, and train dispatcher 1901-1909; homesteaded on government land in Colorado in 1910; operated the Farmers' Cooperative Milling Elevator and also engaged in the produce business 1920-1930; member, State house of representatives 1923-1931; lieutenant governor of Colorado 1931-1933 and Governor 1933-1937; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936; reelected in 1942 and again in 1948 and served from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1955; was not a candidate for reelection in 1954; chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses), Select Committee on the Joseph McCarthy Censure (Eighty-third Congress); Governor of Colorado 1955-1957; was not a candidate for renomination in 1956; retired but remained active as a volunteer on several State commissions and committees; died in Denver, Colo., May 30, 1970; interment in Fairmont Mausoleum) |
| Associated language | eng |
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