Walter Walford Johnson
Politician
1904 – 1987
Who was Walter Walford Johnson?
Walter Walford Johnson was a United States businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd Governor of the State of Colorado from 1950 to 1951.
Walter Walford Johnson was born in Pueblo, Colorado on 1904-04-16. He married Neva Morrow in 1922. The couple had two children, Winnifred and Walford. Johnson developed real estate and insurance businesses in Pueblo.
In 1940, Johnson was elected to the Colorado State Senate. In 1948, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. In April 1950, Colorado Governor William Lee Knous resigned to become a federal district judge in Denver. Johnson succeeded Knous as governor and completed the remaining nine months of Knous' term. Johnson ran unsuccessfully against Republican Dan Thornton for a full gubernatorial term in 1950.
In 1970, Johnson retired to Tempe, Arizona. He died there after a brief illness on March 23, 1987, at the age of eighty two and is buried at Pueblo.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1904
Pueblo - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Pueblo
- Colorado
- Died
- Mar 23, 1987
Tempe
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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