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Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970

 Person

Biography

Edwin Carl Johnson b. January 1, 1884; d. May 30, 1970; served Colorado as State Representative, State Senator, three-time Governor and three-term U.S. Senator. Use for: Edwin C. Johnson, and: Big Ed Johnson.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Adolph Kiesler, Governor Ed Johnson and President Harry S. Truman, between 1945-1960

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0010.00029
Abstract

Left to right: Governor Ed Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, and Adolph Kiesler standing in front of a microphone.

Dates: between 1945-1960

Adolph Kiesler, Governor Ed Johnson and President Harry S. Truman, between 1945-1960

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Identifier: B063.02.0002.00005
Abstract

Left to right: Governor Ed Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, and Adolph Kiesler standing in front of a microphone.

Dates: between 1945-1960

Ed Johnson Addressing Crowd

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0012.00016
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Ed Johnson (at microphone) and Frank Ricketson (far right) addressing crowd of affiliates in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Edwin C. Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M062
Abstract Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado State Senate. He also served three terms as Governor of the State of Colorado from 1933-1937 and again from 1955-1957 as well as three terms as a member of the U.S. Senate representing Colorado from 1937-1955. His legislative expertise in the area of water law and policy led to his appointment as the Colorado representative to the Upper Colorado River Commission. The main task of...
Dates: 1945-1969

Group of Men at National Jewish Hospital, circa 1934

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Identifier: B063.05.0041.00018
Abstract

Ten men stand in a row at National Jewish Hospital. Left to right are Earl Morris, Dr. Louis Adelman, Alfred Grauman, Dr. Charles Kaufman, Milton Guldman, Rabbi W.S. Friedman, Ed Johnson, Jacob Wolff, Walter Appel, and Sam Schaefer .

Dates: circa 1934

Hausman Family, 1947, 1861-1993

 File
Identifier: B111.05.0005.0004
Abstract

Genealogical information on the Hausman family and a letter to Mrs. N. Hansman and copy of letter to President Truman from Senator E. H. Johnson regarding his strong support for the admission of Jewish refugees into Palestine.

Dates: 1947; Event: 1861-1993

Sam Bock, 1933-1984

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0015
Abstract Sam Bock (1911-1984) was a noted engineer in Colorado and Maryland. Bock was born in Denver, graduated from the University of Denver in 1932 with an engineering degree, and moved to Maryland during the 1940s. In 1940, he married Charlotte Ginsburg. He worked for the Remington Arms Plant (now the Denver Federal Center) during WWII, and subsequently worked for the Colorado Highway Department, Sinai Hospital (administrative engineer), and the U.S. Department of Defense. Bock was also the...
Dates: 1933-1984

Senator Edwin C. Johnson with an Unidentified Man, between 1937-1955

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00024
Abstract Senator Edwin C. Johnson with an unidentified man. Johnson is seated at a table and is handing a check to the other man. Johnson served as Governor of the State of Colorado, United States Senator and a personality associated with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium...
Dates: between 1937-1955

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 June 14

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Identifier: U138.0002.0007.00001
Abstract

Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Fourteenth,1957 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Heber Reece Harper, Doctor of Public Service; Edwin Carl Johnson, Doctor of Laws; Eugene Donald Millikin, Doctor of Laws; William Edgeworth Morgan, Doctor of Laws; Henry Leonard Weiss, Doctor of Divinity. Conferring of Degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.

Dates: 1957 June 14

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Colorado 6
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Denver (Colo.) 4
Charities 3
Correspondence 2