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Johnson (HIRAM WARREN ing candidates)

HIRAM WARREN, ing candidates for the nomination for the Presidency. See UNITED STATES, United States Senator from California, born in Sacramento, Cal., in 1866. He was educated at the University of California and was admitted to the bar in HIRAM JOHNSON 1888. He at once became a prominent lawyer and gained nation-wide reputation through his participation in the trial of the San Francisco graft and boodling cases in 1906-1907. In these cases he acted as assistant prosecuting attorney in place of Francis J. Heney when the latter was shot. In 1910 he was nominated for governor by the Progressive element of the Republican party. The chief issue was the domination of the Southern Pacific railroad and in this Johnson won. His administration was successful and he became a conspicuous figure in national politics. He took a prominent part in the Republican nomination in 1912, where he opposed President Taft. He was nominated for the vice-presidency on the Progressive ticket with Theodore Roosevelt in that year.

He was re-elected Governor of California in 1914 by an enormous plurality, but re-