Alexander C. Johnson Biography


	This biography appears on page 1489 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	ALEXANDER C. JOHNSON, a native of Pennsylvania, was educated at 
Allegheny College, Meadville. afterwards taking a commercial course and 
serving acceptably as a teller in a bank. Then, graduating with high 
honors in the law, he came to South Dakota to engage in the practice of 
his profession, but circumstances threw him into the grain trade, and 
for fifteen years he had the supervision of the line elevators upon the 
Northwestern system in South Dakota and western Minnesota, and became a 
recognized authority upon all matters pertaining to grain growing and 
marketing. In 1898 he was taken into the employment of the Northwestern 
Railway as general agent in Dakota, and a year or so later was made 
general agent for the Northwestern lines in Minnesota and South Dakota. 
For many years Mr. Johnson's residence was at Watertown, where he was a 
leader in all enterprises demanding public-spirited action, and he was 
also active in Republican politics and has for twenty years been 
regarded as one of the party's safest counsellors. He was a delegate to' 
the national convention of 1892 and a member of the committee to notify 
the President of his nomination. Recently his business relations have 
compelled him to maintain his residence in Winona, Minnesota, but his 
interest in South Dakota matters is unabated and he still regards 
himself as a South Dakotan. He has a splendid home and his home life is 
ideal. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have three children, just arriving at 
maturity, two daughters, Misses Evelyn and Alta, and Carl.