Bio of JOHNSON, Albert J. (b.1891), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 79-80
ALBERT J. JOHNSON
Unusually thorough preliminary training has well qualified Albert J. Johnson for
the practice of his profession and although one of the younger members of the
Minne­apolis bar, he has clearly demonstrated his ability successfully to handle
important litigated interests. He was born at De Lamere, North Dakota, July 4,
1891, and is a son of the Hon. John B. and Annie Maria (Hanson) Johnson. The
father is a stanch republican in his political views and in public affairs of
North Dakota he has taken an active and prominent part, representing his
district in the state legislature and also filling other important offices.
Albert J. Johnson acquired his academic training in Park Region College at
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, which he attended from 1907 until 1911, and in the
latter year he became a student at the University of North Dakota, winning the
A. B. degree from that institution in 1914. In the fall of 1914 he took up the
study of law, at the Univer­sity of Chicago. Following the entrance of the
United States into the World war, Mr. Johnson abandoned his studies and enlisted
in the navy, in which he served until after the signing of the armistice. Upon
receiving his discharge he returned to the University of Chicago and in 1919
completed his professional training, winning the degree of Doctor of
Jurisprudence. While pursuing the latter part of his course there, he was
employed as an assistant by Samuel King, a member and the trial lawyer of the
firm of King, Brower & Hurlbut, well known attorneys of that city. He was thus
well equipped when he entered upon active practice and in June, 1919 he came to
Minneapolis, being admitted to the bar of this state on the 7th of January of
the following year. He first became associated with I. C. Nelson, whose offices
were in the Metropolitan Life building, and for three months was a member of the
firm of Nelson & Johnson. He then withdrew and joined Herbert F. Schoening, a
colleague of the University of Chicago Law School, this relationship having
since continued. Johnson and Schoening's offices are situated in the Andrus
building and the firm engages in the general practice of law, but special­izes
in real estate, commercial and corporation law. The list of its clients has
already become a large one, while its business in the courts is constantly
increasing in volume and importance.
Mr. Johnson has a thorough knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and is
most careful and painstaking in the preparation of his cases, clear and cogent
in his reasoning and logical in his deductions. He has ever conformed his
practice to the highest ethics of the profession and is accorded the respect and
confidence of his colleagues and associates and also of the general public. In
Masonry he has taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite Consistory
and he is also a member of Zuhrah Temple, Selim Grotto, the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, the Yeomen, the Sons of Norway, the Young Men's
Christian Association, the American Legion, and the Univer­sity of Chicago
Chapter of the Delta Chi (law) fraternity. He is an alert, enterprising and
energetic young man, who has utilized to the full his time, talents and
opportunities, and his ability and determination are carrying him steadily
forward in his profession.