Mr. President. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the death. on September 21. 1909. of John Albert Johnson. newspaper editor. lecturer. and Governor of Minnesota. Johnson. the son of Swedish immigrants. was born on July 28. 1861. near the frontier village of St. Peter. Minn. The struggles incident to his early life of poverty probably influenced his character and temperament in later life. At the age of 13 he left school to work in a grocery at a wage of $10 a month. During this period of his life he read extensively and practiced oratory and debating in that favorite school of politics. the country store.
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