Johnson, Hiram Warren (1866-1945), was governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and a United States senator from 1917 to 1945. Elected governor as a Republican, Johnson helped pass a series of progressive reforms. He was the Progressive Party’s nominee for vice president of the United States in 1912. As a senator, he was an isolationist (one who resisted involvement in international affairs) and opposed U.S. membership in the League of Nations and the United Nations. In the 1930’s, he favored many early programs of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s domestic economic policy. But he broke with Roosevelt over foreign policy. Johnson was born on Sept. 2, 1866, in Sacramento, California. He attended the University of California. He died on Aug. 6, 1945.
