Edwin C. Johnson

Infobox Governor
name = Edwin Carl Johnson


order = 26th
office = Governor of Colorado
term_start = 1933
term_end = 1937
lieutenant =
predecessor = William Herbert Adams
successor = Ray Herbert Talbot
birth_date = January 1, 1884
birth_place = Scandia, Kansas
death_date = death date and age|1970|5|30|1884|1|1
death_place = Denver, Colorado
party = Democrat
spouse =
profession =
religion = Lutheran

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Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884ndash May 30, 1970) was a Democratic Party politician from the state of Colorado. He represented his state for three terms in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1955, and served as governor of Colorado from 1933 until 1937 and from 1955 until 1957. He was born in Scandia, Kansas, moved with his family to Nebraska as a child, and started a farm in Colorado as a young man. He was lieutenant governor of Colorado from 1931 to 1933. He died in Denver, Colorado.

He was perhaps best known for making a speech on the Senate floor criticizing the extramarital affair of actress Ingrid Bergman, who at the time was married to Petter Lindström. Bergman's affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini became a cause celebre as a result of Johnson's speech, forcing her to escape to Europe for several years until her return in the 1956 blockbuster film "Anastasia".Johnson was also the President of the Western League, a Class A baseball league, from 1947 to 1955.The eastbound bore of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel is named for Johnson.

External links

* [http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/johnson.html Governor Edwin Carl Johnson Collection at the Colorado State Archives]
*"Colorado Governor Edwin Carl Johnson," [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=083a224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Association of Governors biography]
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