Of Scandinavian descent, he was born in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Magnuson was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1936, filling a vacancy caused by the death of fellow Democrat Marion Zioncheck on August 7, 1936. He won re-election in 1938, 1940, and 1942. In 1944, Magnuson successfully ran for U.S. Senate. He was appointed on December 14, 1944 to fill the vacancy created by Homer Bone's appointment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, thus resigning from the House and starting his service in the Senate a month early.
He was re-elected in 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, and 1974. He served on the Senate Commerce Committee throughout his tenure in the Senate, and the Senate Appropriations Committee during his final term. Magnuson was defeated in a bid for re-election in 1980.
Magnuson, Warren G. Warren G. Magnuson ("Maggie" to constituents, Warren to family and friends) represented Washington in the United States Senate longer than anyone else and used his seniority and persuasive skills to enact legislation that profoundly affected many aspects of American life.
Magnuson was elected as a delegate to the 1933 state constitutional convention that approved the 21st Amendment and voided the Volstead act, and he supported legislation to establish the public alcohol monopoly of the Washington State Liquor Control Board.
Magnuson and Jackson, who served together for 28 years from Jackson's election in 1952 to Magnuson's defeat in 1980, gave their state one of the most powerful Senate duos in history.
Of Scandinavian descent, WarrenMagnuson was born in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Magnuson was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1936, filling a vacancy caused by the death of fellow DemocratMarion Zioncheck on August 7, 1936.
Magnuson is one of numerous public officials said to have had a drinking problem during the time he served in Congress.
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