Hiram Johnson Quotes
We want no war. We’ll have no war.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Presidential nominee. Johnson was a leader of some members of Congress some of whom were extreme isolationists and some of whom were Nazi sympathizers and Hitler admirers. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor later that year, Germany, fulfilling its treaty with Japan, declared war on America, Johnson’s group no longer mattered. Before WWII most Republicans were opposed to Defense Spending and accused the Democrats of being war hawks. After WWII, they flip flopped and became more hawkish than the Democrats who they accused of being soft on defense for years thereafter. See {631380} for President Roosevelt’s different view.
Hiram Johnson, 1866-1945, Governor of California (Republican), Founder, Progressive Party, Progressive Party candidate for Vice President, 1912 U. S. Senator (Progressive & Republican, CA), Speech opposing U. S. entry into the Second World War, 1941
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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor later that year, Germany, fulfilling its treaty with Japan, declared war on America, and we were at war.
In the play the two characters are a Russian and American disarmament negotiator:
- Born: September 2, 1866
- Died: August 6, 1945
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Politician
Hiram Warren Johnson was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century, and he later served as the United States Senator from California between 1917 and 1945.
