lieutenant death_date birth_date term_end death_place profession order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
ray w. jones adolph olson eberhart 21 september 1909 28 july 1861 september 21 , 1909 rochester , minnesota politician 16th january 4 , 1905 elinore `` nora '' preston portrait of john albert johnson.jpg john albert johnson governor john albert johnson samuel rinnah van sant st. peter , minnesota democrat governor of minnesota adolph olson eberhart presbyterian john albert johnson

john albert johnson

john albert johnson -lrb- july 28 , 1861september 21 , 1909 -rrb- was an american politician .
he served in the minnesota state senate from january 1897 to january 1901 .
he was the 16th governor of minnesota from january 4 , 1905 until his death on september 21 , 1909 .
he was a democrat .
he was the first governor born in minnesota to serve in office .
he was only the second non-republican governor in the previous 50 years and third since statehood .
lieutenant governor adolph olson eberhart became governor upon the death of governor johnson .
even if he had not been the first governor born in minnesota , the first to serve a full term in the present state capitol , and the first to die in office , johnson would still be remembered as one of the state 's most courageous and charismatic leaders .
he also was the first minnesota governor to bask , fleetingly , in the national spotlight when he sought the 1908 democratic presidential nomination but lost to william jennings bryan .
