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| Affiliation | Prohibition |
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| Name | Hale Johnson |
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Newton, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 21, 1847 |
| Died |
November 04, 1902
(55 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | Attorney Hale Johnson (21 August 1847–4 November 1902), was an American politician. He was born in Montgomery County, Indiana and was the son of John B. Johnson.
Johnson was a lawyer and became mayor of Newton, Illinois. Johnson left the Republican Party because it did not support an amendment to the United States Constitution mandating national prohibition of alcohol. He then became "one of the most effective, prominent and influential" prohibitionists in the country, according to one biographer. In 1896, he was the Prohibition Party candidate for governor of Illinois. Later that year, he became the party's candidate for vice-president and campaigned in over 30 states.
Johnson was shot to death by a merchant in Newton Jasper County, Illinois, while trying to collect a debt. The killer committed suicide a few hours later. Johnson is interred somewhere in Newton, Illinois.
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