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==Background==

==Background==

Magnuson was born in Moorhead in Clay County in west central [[Minnesota]], which is part of the [[Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] metropolitan area.<ref name=congress>[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=M000053 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details], accessed August 26, 2021.</ref> Magnuson never knew his parents, who may have died within a month of his birth,<ref name=nytimes>Wolfgang Saxon, "Warren G. Magnuson Dies at 84; Held Powerful Positions in Senate," ''[[The New York Times]],'' May 21, 1989.</ref> or his unwed mother placed him for adoption.<ref name=scates>Shelby Scates, ''Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America'' ([[Seattle]]: [[University of Washington]] Press, 1997).</ref>

Magnuson was born in Moorhead in Clay County in west central [[Minnesota]], which is part of the [[Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] metropolitan area.<ref name=congress>[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=M000053 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details], accessed August 26, 2021.</ref> Magnuson never knew his parents, who may have died within a month of his birth,<ref name=nytimes>Wolfgang Saxon, [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/21/obituaries/warren-g-magnuson-dies-at-84-held-powerful-positions-in-senate.html "Warren G. Magnuson Dies at 84; Held Powerful Positions in Senate,"] ''[[The New York Times]],'' May 21, 1989.</ref> or his unwed mother placed him for adoption.<ref name=scates>Shelby Scates, ''Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America'' ([[Seattle]]: [[University of Washington]] Press, 1997).</ref>

He was adopted by William Grant Magnuson (1876–1946) and the former Emma Anderson and took their surname.<ref name=current>"Warren G. Magnuson," ''Current Biography,'' H. W. Wilson Company, 1945.</ref> The Magnusons were second-generation [[immigrant]]s from [[Scandinavia]] who operated a bar in Moorhead. A year after taking Warren, the couple adopted a daughter, Clara.<ref name=oneofakind>Warren Magnuson was one of a kind (seattlepi.com), accessed August 25, 2021.</ref> In 1921, his adoptive father left the family while Warren was in his middle-teens.<ref>Kit Oldham, "Magnuson, Warren G. (1905-1989), HistoryLink.</ref>

He was adopted by William Grant Magnuson (1876–1946) and the former Emma Anderson and took their surname.<ref name=current>"Warren G. Magnuson," ''Current Biography,'' H. W. Wilson Company, 1945.</ref> The Magnusons were second-generation [[immigrant]]s from [[Scandinavia]] who operated a bar in Moorhead. A year after taking Warren, the couple adopted a daughter, Clara.<ref name=oneofakind>Warren Magnuson was one of a kind (seattlepi.com), accessed August 25, 2021.</ref> In 1921, his adoptive father left the family while Warren was in his middle-teens.<ref>Kit Oldham, "Magnuson, Warren G. (1905-1989), HistoryLink.</ref>