Hiram Warren Johnson was an 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 1
Johnson, c. 1926
Theodore Roosevelt and Johnson shake hands after their nominations as president and vice president, respectively.
"Refusing to give the lady a seat" Cartoon by Rollin Kirby mocking senators Borah, Lodge, and Johnson for their opposition to the Treaty of Versailles c. 1919–1920
"'Gainst the League, Aint' You, Warren?" Another cartoon by Kirby depicting Johnson coercing presidential candidate Warren G. Harding into opposing the League of Nations, July 26, 1920
The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination
Hiram Johnson
…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…
The 1912 Progressive National Convention at the Chicago Coliseum
Punch in May 1912 depicts a no-holds-barred fight between Taft and Roosevelt.
Delegates to Bull Moose convention in 1912 resembled Roosevelt.
16-page campaign booklet with the platform of the new Progressive Party