Warren G. Magnuson(1905-1989)
Warren Grant Magnuson is 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. 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.
Magnuson followed to Seattle, Washington, where he entered the University of Washington in 1925. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926, and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1929.
Warren Magnuson was born in Moorhead, Minnesota. 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.
Magnuson followed to Seattle, Washington, where he entered the University of Washington in 1925. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926, and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1929.