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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Edwin S. Johnson |
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Armour, South Dakota , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 26, 1857
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| Died | July 19, 1933
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Crimson
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| Info | JOHNSON, Edwin Stockton, a Senator from South Dakota; born near Spencer, Owen County, Ind., February 26, 1857; moved with his parents to Osceola, Iowa, in 1857; attended the public schools; engaged in the mercantile business; moved to Wheeler County, Nebr., in 1880; homesteaded and engaged in agricultural pursuits; returned to Osceola, Iowa, in 1881 and was employed as a bank cashier; moved to South Dakota and established the Citizens’ Bank of Grand View, S.Dak., in 1884; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; later established a number of banks in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1888 and practiced; prosecuting attorney of Douglas County 1892-1893; member, State senate 1894-1895; retired from the banking business in 1902 and engaged in the real estate and loan business at Platte, S.Dak.; member of the Democratic National Committee 1904-1916; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1914 and served from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1921; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1920; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses); resumed his activities in the real estate and loan business; died in Platte, S.Dak., July 19, 1933, interment in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Armour, S.Dak.
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