Edwin S. Johnson

Edwin Stockton Johnson ( * February 26, 1857 in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana; † July 19, 1933 in Platte, South Dakota ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of South Dakota in the U.S. Senate.

In the year of his birth attracted Edwin Johnson's parents away with him from Indiana and settled in Osceola (Iowa). There he attended the public schools and was active in commercial trade. In 1880 he went to Nebraska, where he worked as a farmer in Wheeler County. Already in the following year he returned to Osceola and found a job as a cashier in a bank.

Finally, Johnson was in 1884 in South Dakota resident. He founded in Grandview, the Citizens ' Bank and was also active again in agriculture. Later, he called a few other banks in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa to life. Moreover, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice as a lawyer. From 1892 to 1893 he served as prosecutor of Douglas County.

Politically, he was active 1894-1895 as a member of the Senate of South Dakota for the first time. At the beginning of the 20th century, he retired from the banking business and increased it in the real estate industry. Between 1904 and 1916 belonged to Johnson at the Democratic National Committee. His party nominated him for the 1912 election as Governor of South Dakota, but he was defeated by Republican Frank M. Byrne.

More successful was his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 1914. Edwin Johnson won with 48.3 percent of the vote against Charles H. Burke ( 44.5 percent) and belonged to the Congress of March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1921, where he was the first senator from South Dakota, who was not elected by the state legislature by the people and the entry into force of the 17th Amendment. After his six-year tenure, he opted not to re-election and went back to his business activities in plate after, where he also died in 1933.

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