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| name=Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson
| name=Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson
| image=Warren Magnuson of WA.jpg
| image=Warren Magnuson of WA.jpg
| office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Washington]] State
| term_start=December 14, 1944
| term_start=December 14, 1944
| term_end=January 3, 1981
| term_end=January 3, 1981
| preceded=Homer Truett Bone
| preceded=Homer Truett Bone
| succeeded=[[Slade Gorton]]
| succeeded=[[Slade Gorton]]
|offce2=Chairman of the<br>Senate Appropriations Committee
| offce2=Chairman of the<br>Senate Appropriations Committee
|term_start2=January 3, 1977
| term_start2=January 3, 1977
|term_end2=January 3, 1981
| term_end2=January 3, 1981
|preceded2=[[John McClellan]]
| preceded2=[[John McClellan]]
|succeeded2=[[Mark O. Hatfield]]
| succeeded2=[[Mark O. Hatfield]]
| office3=Chairman of the<br>Senate Commerce Committee
| term_start3=January 3, 1955
| term_start3=January 3, 1955
| term_end3=January 3, 1977
| term_end3=January 3, 1977
| alma_mater=University of North Dakota (Grand Fiorks)<br>[[North Dakota State University]] ([[Fargo]])<br>[[University of Washington]] <br>(Bachelor of Arts and LLB)
| alma_mater=University of North Dakota (Grand Fiorks)<br>[[North Dakota State University]] ([[Fargo]])<br>[[University of Washington]] <br>(Bachelor of Arts and LLB)
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| allegiance=[[United States]]
| branch=[[United States Navy]]
| branch=[[United States Navy]]
| serviceyears=
| serviceyears=
| battles=[[World War II]]<br>
| battles=[[World War II]]<br>
Pacific Theater of Operations
Pacific Theater of Operations
|rank=Lieutenant Commander
| rank=Lieutenant Commander
}}
}}
'''Warren Grant Magnuson''', sometimes known as '''Maggie Magnuson''' (April 12, 1905 – May 20, 1989), was an [[attorney]] and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] who served from 1944 to 1981 as a [[United States Senator]] for his adopted state of [[Washington]]. From 1937 to 1944, he was the [[U.S. Representative]] for Washington's 1st congressional district. He is the state's longest-serving senator with thirty-six years of tenure. His better-known Washington colleague, Senator [[Henry Jackson]], served thirty years and died in office shortly after his last reelection in 1982. During his final two years in office, he was the Senate's most senior senator and twice the President Pro Tempore of the body.
'''Warren Grant Magnuson''', sometimes known as '''Maggie Magnuson''' (April 12, 1905 – May 20, 1989), was an [[attorney]] and [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[politician]] who served from 1944 to 1981 as a [[United States Senator]] for his adopted state of [[Washington]]. From 1937 to 1944, he was the [[U.S. Representative]] for Washington's 1st congressional district. He is the state's longest-serving senator with thirty-six years of tenure.
Magnuson's better-known Washington colleague, Senator [[Henry Jackson|Henry "Scoop" Jackson]], served thirty years and died in office shortly after his last reelection in 1982. During his final two years in office, he was the Senate's most senior senator and twice the President Pro Tempore of the body.
==Background==
==Background==