Early Life
Named for Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston (even though "Johnston" was misspelled for Carnahan), Carnahan was born near Ellsinore, Missouri, and attended public schools in Ellsinore and Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Carnahan entered the Navy in 1918, serving for two years before returning home. He attended the Missouri State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau, now Southeast Missouri State University where he has a building named in his honor which houses the school's Political Science department among others. Carnahan taught in southeastern Missouri for several years before enrolling at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1934. For the next several years, Carnahan was a high school administrator, rising to the post of superintendent of schools in Ellsinore.
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