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labor union and rose to become president of UAW Local 248 from 1959 to 1961. As president, he pursued disciplinary fines against several workers who had crossed a picket line during a 1959 strike. He became vice president of the
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nomination over four competitors, taking 44% of the vote. He went on to win 71% of the vote in a low-turnout victory in the May 1965 special election over perennial
Republican candidate, attorney Leon J. Dealy.
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After the war, he returned to
Milwaukee and was employed as a machinist at the
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345:Industry, Labor and Human Relations Commission
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143:Lutheran East Cemetery, Stoughton
1212:People from Stoughton, Wisconsin
290:Riverside University High School
260:. He served seven years in the
756:"Machinist Eyes Assembly Seats"
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16:American politician (1922–1977)
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1105:"DILHR official Johnson dies"
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792:"Set Trials In Pickets' Case"
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292:in 1940. He enlisted in the
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515:William A. Johnson
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78:Position abolished
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118:(1977-06-08)
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1197:1977 deaths
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1048:October 17,
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390:Defeated
381:Election
276:Biography
51:In office
42:Milwaukee
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506:Special
404:Primary
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184:Children
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543:28.50%
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