"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
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Members of the United States SenateRepublican Party (United States) politiciansUnited States presidential candidates, 1920Governors of CaliforniaUnited States presidential candidates, 1924
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Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866 – August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century. He was elected in 1916 by the state legislature as the United States Senator from California, where he was repeatedly re-elected and served until 1945.
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