John A. Johnson | |
Order: | 35th |
Office: | Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 1925 |
Term End: | January 1931 |
Predecessor: | William I. Nolan |
Successor: | Oscar A. Swenson |
Office2: | Minnesota State Representative from the 1st District |
Term Start2: | January 1921 |
Term End2: | January 1931 |
Office3: | Minnesota State Representative from the 1st District |
Term Start3: | January 1939 |
Term End3: | January 1949 |
Office4: | Minnesota State Senator from the 1st District |
Term Start4: | January 1949 |
Term End4: | January 1959 |
Birth Date: | 9 July 1883 |
Birth Place: | Litchfield, Minnesota |
Alma Mater: | Stevens County Common Schools |
Party: | Nonpartisan Conservative Caucus |
Residence: | Preston, Minnesota |
Profession: | Hardware Store Owner |
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, 20 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.[1]