August E. Johansen

August Edgar Johansen (born July 21, 1905 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  April 16, 1995 in Orlando , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1965 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

August Johansen attended Battle Creek, Michigan public schools . He was enrolled at Olivet College in 1922 and 1923 . He then continued his education at the Western Michigan College of Education in Kalamazoo . This was followed by studies at the University of Chicago until 1926 . Johansen had been working as a newspaper reporter in Battle Creek since 1922. He was also a clergyman in Bedford from 1924 to 1934 and was a manager of the Kellogg Company between 1934 and 1944in Battle Creek. After that he returned to journalism. By 1948 he wrote newspaper articles for a newspaper in Battle Creek; thereafter Johansen worked in the newsroom of a radio station until 1951.

Politically, Johansen joined the Republican Party . In 1949 and 1950 he served on the Calhoun County Tax Committee . Between 1951 and 1954 he was on the staff of Congressman Paul W. Shafer . Shafer died on August 17, 1954, shortly after he was again nominated by his party for the US House of Representatives. This nomination now went to Johansen. In the 1954 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Michigan , where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 1955. After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1965 . During this time the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War fell . In addition, the 23rd and 24th amendments to the constitution were passed in Congress at that time.

In the 1964 election, Johansen was defeated by the Democrat Paul H. Todd . He was Vice President of the Robert A. Taft Institute of Government in 1966 and 1967 . Afterwards he worked as a lecturer and writer. August Johansen died on April 16, 1995 in Orlando.

Web links

• August E. Johansen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)