Fred W. Johnson

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Fred W. Johnson
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1st Director of the Bureau of Land Management
In office
1946–1948
President Harry S. Truman
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded by Marion Clawson
Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
May 20, 1933 July 16, 1946
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded by Charles C. Moore
Succeeded byPosition abolished

Fred W. Johnson was an American government official who served as the first director of the Bureau of Land Management from 1946 to 1948. [1] [2] Johnson had previously served as the final commissioner of the General Land Office, from 1933 until 1946. [3]

After the General Land Office was dissolved in 1946, he was selected to serve as the newly created Bureau of Land Management's director by then-Interior Secretary Julius Albert Krug. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Opportunity and Challenge: The Story of BLM (Chapter 2)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. "The PLF Archives". publicland.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. Federal Statistical Directory. 1944.
  4. Historical Record of the Offices, Managers and Organizations of the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, Grazing Service, General Land Office and O&C Revested Lands Administration 1934 - 2012
  5. A History of the Rectangular Survey System