Hiram Johnson

- Short Biography
- Administration
- Personal information
- This Time in California

Biography^*
Hiram Johnson was born and raised in Sacramento, and it was there that he was indoctrinated into politics. As a young man, he accompanied his father, armed with pistols, into a "den" of dishonest politicians and watched as he fearlessly denounced them for their corruption. Although the political poles of father and son were to differ in later years, the younger Johnson was never to waiver in his campaign against corruption. Johnson initially worked in law offices as a stenographer and shorthand reporter, but eventually became a lawyer himself. He attracted the attention of politicians statewide when he successfully took over as special prosecutor in a notorious graft trial when the chief prosecutor was gunned down in the courtroom. Two years later, Johnson, politically a Progressive, was elected Governor. He had never held public office before.

Administration under Governor Hiram Johnson

- Inaugural Address - January 3, 1911
- Inaugural Address - January 5, 1915

The Life of Governor Hiram Johnson

Born
September 2, 1866
Sacramento, California

Died
August 6, 1945
Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland

Family
First Lady: Minnie L. McNeal
Children: 2 sons