\"32nd Governor of Colorado\" Walter Johnson Hand Signed Envelope For Sale

Up for sale the "32nd Governor of Colorado" Walter Johnson Hand Signed Envelope dated 1920's.

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Walter

Walfred Johnson (April 16, 1904 – March 23, 1987)

was a United States businessman and Democratic politician

who served as the 32nd Governor of the State of

Colorado from 1950 to 1951. Walter Walfred Johnson was born in Pueblo, Colorado

on April 16, 1904. He married Neva Morrow in 1922. The couple had two children,

Winnifred and Walfred. Johnson developed real estate and insurance businesses

in Pueblo. In 1940, Johnson was elected to the Colorado State Senate. In 1948, he was

elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. In April 1950, Colorado Governor William Lee

Knous resigned to become a federal district judge in Denver. Johnson

succeeded Knous as governor and completed the remaining nine months of Knous'

term. Johnson ran unsuccessfully against Republican Dan Thornton for a full gubernatorial term

in 1950. In 1970, Johnson retired to Tempe,

Arizona.

He died there after a brief illness on March 23, 1987, at the age of eighty two

and is buried at Pueblo.