Dewey Johnson

Dewey William Johnson ( born March 14, 1899 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, † September 18, 1941 ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Dewey Johnson attended the public schools of his home and studied at the University of Minnesota after. He then continued his education with a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law, which was then the YMCA LAW School was called, continued. Later he was active in the insurance industry. At that time he began a political career as a member of the Farmer-Labor Party.

Between 1929 and 1935, Johnson MP in the House of Representatives from Minnesota; In 1934, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress. In the years 1935 and 1936 he was an insurance officer and fire inspector for the state government of Minnesota. In the congressional elections of 1936, Johnson was in the fifth electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Theodore Christianson on January 3, 1937. Since he has not been confirmed in 1938, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1939. In 1940, he competed unsuccessfully again to return to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the aftermath of his resignation from the Congress Dewey Johnson again worked in the insurance industry. He also operated a radio devices. He died on 18 September 1941 in his hometown of Minneapolis.

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