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'''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.

'''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.

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, Magnuson was the Senate's most senior senator and twice the President Pro Tempore of the body.

==Background==

==Background==

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>[https://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Warren-Magnuson-was-one-of-a-kind-1170826.php 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>[https://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Warren-Magnuson-was-one-of-a-kind-1170826.php 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>

Magnuson played [[football]] and [[baseball]] at Moorhead High School<ref name=scates/> and still found time to work numerous jobs, including [[wheat]] farming, newspaper and telegram delivery, and managing a [[YMCA]] camp in Moorhead and Fargo.<ref name=current/> He graduated in 1923, and then enrolled for a year at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, eighty miles north of Moorhead.<ref name=congress/> In 1924, he transferred to [[North Dakota State University]], an agricultural college in Fargo, which he also attended for a year.<ref name=scates/> He traveled into [[Canada]] by riding freight trains and threshing wheat.<ref name=current/>In 1926, he graduated from the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]]; in 1929, from the UW Law School.<ref name=congress/>

Magnuson played [[football]] and [[baseball]] at Moorhead High School<ref name=scates/> and still found time to work numerous jobs, including [[wheat]] farming, newspaper and telegram delivery, and managing a [[YMCA]] camp in Moorhead and Fargo.<ref name=current/> He graduated in 1923, and then enrolled for a year at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, eighty miles north of Moorhead.<ref name=congress/> In 1924, he transferred to [[North Dakota State University]], an agricultural college in Fargo, which he also attended for a year.<ref name=scates/> He traveled into [[Canada]] by riding freight trains and threshing wheat.<ref name=current/> In 1926, he graduated from the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]]; in 1929, from the UW Law School.<ref name=congress/>

   

   

During [[World War II]], Magnuson, still a member of the House and then the Senate, served in the [[United States Navy]] and reached the rank of lieutenant commander.<ref name=congress/>

During [[World War II]], Magnuson, still a member of the House and then the Senate, served in the [[United States Navy]] and reached the rank of lieutenant commander.<ref name=congress/>

===U.S. Senate===

===U.S. Senate===

In 1944, Magnuson was elected to the first of his six terms to the U.S. Senate. He defeated his future Senate colleague, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Harry P. Cain]], 452,013 votes (55.1 percent( to 364,356 (44.4 percent). Republican [[Governor]] [[Arthur B. Langlie]] the next month appointed Magnuson to finish the three weeks left in the term of Democratic Senator Homer Truett Bone (1883–1970), who resigned before the expiration of his term. This gave Magnuson an edge in seniority among the senators taking office in 1945.

In 1944, Magnuson was elected to the first of his six terms to the U.S. Senate. He defeated his future Senate colleague, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Harry P. Cain]], 452,013 votes (55.1 percent) to 364,356 (44.4 percent). Republican [[Governor]] [[Arthur B. Langlie]] the next month appointed Magnuson to finish the three weeks left in the term of Democratic Senator Homer Truett Bone (1883–1970), who resigned before the expiration of his term. This gave Magnuson an edge in seniority among the senators taking office in 1945.

Magnuson served twice as the President pro tempore of the Senate. He was the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and sat on the Appropriations Committee as well.<ref name=congress/>In November 1961, [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] visited Seattle for Magnuson's celebration of his first twenty-five years in both houses of Congress.<ref>President Kennedy delivers major policy speech at UW on November 16, 1961, accessed August 27, 2021.</ref>

Magnuson served twice as the President pro tempore of the Senate. He was the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and sat on the Appropriations Committee as well.<ref name=congress/>In November 1961, [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] visited Seattle for Magnuson's celebration of his first twenty-five years in both houses of Congress.<ref>President Kennedy delivers major policy speech at UW on November 16, 1961, accessed August 27, 2021.</ref>

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