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Hiram Johnson

1866 - 1945

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Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866 – August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and represented California in the U.S. Senate for five terms from 1917 to 1945. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century as a leading progressive and ran for vice president on Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive ticket in the 1912 presidential election. As a U.S. senator, Johnson voted for American entry into World War I and was later a critic of the foreign policy of both Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Johnson was born in 1866 and worked as a stenographer and reporter before embarking on a legal career in his hometown of Sacramento. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiram Johnson is the 17,058th most popular politician (down from 16,113th in 2019), the 11,126th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,204th in 2019) and the 845th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Hiram Johnson ranks 17,058 out of 19,576. Before him are Fabian Picardo, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Alexey Ulyukaev, Luis de Guindos, Māris Gailis, and Isidore Mvouba. After him are Jane Dee Hull, Uberto De Morpurgo, Janusz Wojciechowski, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, William H. Webster, and Susanna M. Salter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Hiram Johnson ranks 154. Before him are Johan Vaaler, José María Caro Rodríguez, Saliamonas Banaitis, Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, James Ewing, and David Samanez Ocampo. After him is Alice Austen. Among people deceased in 1945, Hiram Johnson ranks 345. Before him are Jules Pappaert, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Thomas Lewis, Paul Koebe, Søren Petersen, and Tom Taylor. After him are Charles Sands, Willis Augustus Lee, Mark Sandrich, Joe Hunt, Ellen Glasgow, and Sara Josephine Baker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hiram Johnson ranks 11,128 out of 20,380. Before him are Bam Adebayo (1997), Alice Ghostley (1923), Sid Wilson (1977), Corey Stoll (1976), James Badge Dale (1978), and Lea Michele (1986). After him are Jane Dee Hull (1935), Michael Oher (1986), Arnold Kopelson (1935), William H. Webster (1924), Claudia Christian (1965), and Anita Baker (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hiram Johnson ranks 845. Before him are Herbert H. Lehman (1878), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Roger Wicker (1951), James Skivring Smith (1825), William H. McRaven (1955), and Dennis Hastert (1942). After him are Jane Dee Hull (1935), William H. Webster (1924), Susanna M. Salter (1860), Howell Cobb (1815), William Samuel Johnson (1727), and Greg Gianforte (1961).

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