The Johnsons of California
- Grove L. Johnson (1841–1926), California Assemblyman 1878–1879 1901–1903 1907–1909, California State Senator 1880–1882, delegate to the California Republican Convention 1884 1888 1892 1908, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1896, U.S. Representative from California 1895–1897, Receiver of Public Moneys in California 1921–1925. Father of Hiram Johnson.
- Hiram Johnson (1866–1945), Governor of California 1911–1917, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1912, U.S. Senator from California 1917–1945, candidate for Republican nominations for President of the United States 1920 1924. Son of Grove L. Johnson.
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“We have advanced by leaps to the Pacific, and left many a lesser Oregon and California unexplored behind us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)