residence predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
benson , minnesota john a. hartle edwin j. chilgren 15 february 1977 six mile grove township , minnesota benson , minnesota nonpartisan liberal caucus grocer speaker representative of the minnesota house of representatives minnesota state 10 january 1898 41st january 6 , 1955 january 7 , 1941 alfred i. johnson
 january 5 , 1959 january 5 , 1959 alfred i. johnson
alfred i. johnson

alfred i. johnson -lrb- january 10 , 1898 -- february 15 , 1977 -rrb- was a minnesota politician and a speaker of the minnesota house of representatives .
born on a farm , he became a livestock farmer himself .
he was elected to the minnesota house of representatives in 1940 , where he caucused liberal caucus with the then-nonpartisan body .
when liberals gained control of the body in 1955 , he became speaker , a position he would hold until he left the body in 1959 .
after leaving the legislature , johnson served on the board of regents for the university of minnesota .
he died in 1977 .
