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Warren Magnuson

Warren Magnuson
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United States Senator
from Washington
In office
December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by Homer T. Bone
Succeeded by Slade Gorton
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
January 3, 1979 – December 5, 1980
Preceded by James Eastland
Succeeded by Milton Young
In office
December 5, 1980 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by Milton Young
Succeeded by Strom Thurmond
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce
In office
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by John W. Bricker
Succeeded by Howard Cannon
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
In office
1977 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by John Little McClellan
Succeeded by Mark Hatfield
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1937 – December 13, 1944
Preceded by Marion Zioncheck
Succeeded by Emerson DeLacy
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
In office
1933–1934
Personal details
Born (1905-04-12)April 12, 1905
Moorhead, Minnesota
Died May 20, 1989(1989-05-20) (aged 84)
Seattle, Washington
Resting place Acacia Memorial Park
47°44′21″N 122°17′34″W / 47.73920°N 122.29280°W / 47.73920; -122.29280 (Acacia Memorial Park)
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Jermaine (Elliott) Peralta (1923–2011)
(m.1964–1989, his death)
Eleanor Peggy "Peggins" Maddieux (m.1928–1935)
Profession Attorney
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Battles/wars World War II

Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905 – May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1937–1944) and a U.S. Senator (1944–1981) from Washington. He served over 36 years in the Senate, and was the most senior member of the body during his final two years in office.

Warren Magnuson was born in Moorhead, Minnesota. His birth date is given as April 12, 1905, but the actual records of his birth are sealed. He apparently never knew his birth parents; according to various sources, his parents either died within a month of his birth, or his unmarried mother put him up for adoption. He was adopted by William Grant and Emma (née Anderson) Magnuson, who gave him their name. The Magnusons were second-generation Scandinavian immigrants who operated a bar in Moorhead, and who adopted a daughter named Clara a year after adopting Warren. His adoptive father left the family in 1921.

Magnuson attended Moorhead High School, where he played quarterback on the football team and was captain of the baseball team. While attending high school, he ran a YMCA camp, worked in the wheat farms, and delivered newspapers and telegrams in Moorhead and in nearby Fargo, North Dakota. He graduated in 1923, and then enrolled at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. In 1924, he transferred to the North Dakota Agricultural College in Fargo, which he attended for a year. He then traveled through Canada for a period of time, riding freight trains and working with threshing crews.


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