Fred Gustus Johnson (October 16, 1876 – April 30, 1951) was a

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politician. Born on a farm near

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on October 16, 1876, his father was a native of

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. Graduated from Dorchester High School in 1893 and from the

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in 1903 and admitted to the bar in the same year. He set up practice in his home town Dorchester, also doing a little farming on the side. He moved to

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in 1909, and to

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in 1911 still practicing law. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention from 1900 to 1938. He was elected a member of the Nebraska state house of representatives from 1907 to 1909 and again from 1917 to 1919. He was a member of the state senate in 1919 to 1920. He became the 17th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1923 to 1925 serving under Governor Charles W. Bryan. He was then elected to the represent Nebraska's 5th district to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931). He ran in 1930 and 1932, but failed to be reelected. From 1931 to 1933 he sold homes and engaged in law, and in 1934 to 1938 he ran an agricultural-industrial enterprise in Hastings, moving the business to

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from 1941 to 1943. He was elected one last time to become a judge of

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from 1945, being reelected in 1948 and serving until his death in Hastings on April 30, 1951. Buried in Parkview Cemetery, in Hastings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Fred Gustus 1876 births 1951 deaths American people of Swedish descent People from Saline County, Nebraska People from Hastings, Nebraska People from Oxford, Nebraska University of Nebraska College of Law alumni Republican Party Nebraska state senators Republican Party members of the Nebraska House of Representatives Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska Nebraska state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska