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Magnus Johnson

Magnus Johnson(September 19, 1871 September 13, 1936) was an American politican. He served in the US Senate and US House of Representatives from Minnesota as a Farmer-Labor Party. Johnson was born in Sweden and his family moved to the United States in 1891.

He served in both the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota State Senate before being elected to the US Senate to fill the seat opend because of the death of Knute Nelson. Johnson served in the Senate from July 16, 1923 to March 3, 1925. He lost his bid for reelection in 1924. He was elected to the US House of Representatives and served March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935.

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