Hiram Johnson

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Hiram Johnson was a prominent early 20th-century American progressive politician who served as governor of California and later as a long-tenured U.S. senator.

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Hiram W. Johnson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
governor
human
politician
advocatedFor initiative, referendum, and recall mechanisms
areaOfActivity Government of California
surface form: California politics

United States federal politics
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
describedBySource American political history texts
familyName Johnson
fieldOfWork law
legislative politics
public policy
givenName Hiram
hasRole executive officeholder
legislator
reformer
ideology reformism
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Progressive Party
surface form: Progressive Party (United States)

Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
movement Progressive Era politics in the United States
notableFor leadership in the American progressive movement
long tenure in the U.S. Senate
reforms as governor of California
notableWork progressive reforms in California state government
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested President of the United States
opposed Southern Pacific Railroad political influence in California
concentrated corporate power
partOf progressive wing of the Republican Party
politicalIdeology progressivism
positionHeld Governor of California
United States senator
vice presidential nominee of the United States
represented California, United States
surface form: California
representedIn United States Senate
residence California, United States
surface form: California

Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
stateOfOrigin California, United States
surface form: California
supported direct democracy reforms in California
timePeriod Progressive Era
surface form: Progressive Era in the United States

early 20th century
workLocation Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California

Washington, D.C.

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Progressive Party foundedBy Hiram Johnson
subject surface form: Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
this entity surface form: Hiram W. Johnson
Progressive Party keyLeader Hiram Johnson
subject surface form: Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
subject surface form: Progressive Party (United States, 1912)