- August E. Johansen
August Edgar Johansen (
July 21 ,1905 -April 16 ,1995 ) was a politician from theU.S. state ofMichigan .Johansen was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the public schools inBattle Creek, Michigan . He attendedOlivet College in 1922 and 1923, and Western Michigan College of Education in Kalamazoo in 1923 and 1924. He graduated from theUniversity of Chicago in 1926.Johansen was a reporter with the "
Battle Creek Moon-Journal " during the summers from 1922 to 1927. He served as minister of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, andCongregational Church in Bedford, Michigan from 1924 to 1934. He was also manager of industrial relations ofKellogg Company in Battle Creek, from 1934 to 1944. He was an editorial writer for the "Battle Creek Enquirer-News " from 1944 to 1948, editor of the "Lakeview News ", and news editor on radio from 1944 to 1951. He was a member of the Calhoun County Tax Allocation Board in 1949 and 1950 and served as administrative assistant to U.S. RepresentativePaul W. Shafer from 1951 to 1954.In 1954, after Shafer's death just two weeks after being nominated unopposed in the Republican Party primary election for
Michigan's 3rd congressional district , Johansen was elected to Shafer's in the84th United States Congress . Johansen was subsequently re-elected to the next four Congresses, serving fromJanuary 3 ,1955 toJanuary 3 ,1965 . In 1964, Johansen lost in the general election to DemocratPaul H. Todd, Jr. .Johansen later served as executive vice president of the
Robert A. Taft Institute for Government from 1966 to 1967. He was a lecturer and writer. Johansen died inOrlando, Florida .References
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jex-johansen.html#R9M0J20XS The Political Graveyard]
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