| John A. Johnson | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Senate: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 7th |
| Term Start: | January 6, 1873 |
| Term End: | January 4, 1875 |
| Predecessor: | William M. Colladay |
| Successor: | George E. Bryant |
| State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
| District1: | Dane 1st |
| Term Start1: | January 5, 1857 |
| Term End1: | January 4, 1858 |
| Predecessor1: | Charles R. Head |
| Successor1: | Daniel B. Crandall |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Telemark, Sweden - Norway |
| Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Forest Hill Cemetery, |
| Relatives: | Ole C. Johnson (brother) |
John Anders Johnson (April 15, 1832November 10, 1901) was a Norwegian American immigrant, businessman, and Republican politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing eastern Dane County.[1]
Johnson was born in Telemark, Norway, on April 15, 1832, as the eldest of the five children of Anders Johnson (1804–1880) and his wife, Aaste Killing Koven (1808–1893).[2] His family immigrated to the United States in 1844, traveling via New York to reach Milwaukee.[2] In 1852, the family to Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin.[2] He married Karen Kristie Thompson in 1856. They had a daughter before her death in 1860. On October 31, 1861, Johnson married Kaia Nicoline Marie Kildahl. They had six children. He died of a stomach ulcer on November 10, 1901, and was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Johnson was a member of the Assembly in 1857. He served as Clerk of Dane County, Wisconsin, from 1861 to 1869.[2] From 1873 to 1874, he was a member of the Senate.[2] Other positions Johnson held include Town Clerk and Town Chairman of Pleasant Springs and justice of the peace.
Outside politics Johnson owned Fuller & Johnson, a company that produced farm machinery, having previously been a farmer.[3]
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