Hiram Warren Johnson:
(September 2, 1866 – August 6, 1945) .
American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and represented California in the U.S. Senate for five terms from 1917 to 1945.
Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century as a leading progressive and ran for vice president on Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive ticket in the 1912 presidential election.
As a U.S. senator, Johnson voted for American entry into World War I and was later a critic of the foreign policy of both Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The first casualty when war comes is truth.
