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Warren G. Magnuson
United States Senator from Washington
In office December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by	Homer T. Bone
Succeeded by	Slade Gorton
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office December 28, 1978 – December 5, 1980 December 5, 1980 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by	James Eastland (1978) Milton Young (1980)
Succeeded by	Milton Young (1980) Strom Thurmond (1981)
Born	April 12, 1905 Moorhead, Minnesota
Died	May 20, 1989 (age 83)
Political party	Democratic

Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905–May 20, 1989) was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Magnuson also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the Washington's 1st congressional district from 1937 to 1944.

Magnuson, who was of Norwegian and Swedish parentage, was born in Moorhead, Minnesota. In 1928 he married Peggins Maddieux, who had won the 1927 "Miss Seattle" beauty contest. Divorced in 1935, Magnuson lived the "good life," dating a number of glamorous women including heiress and cover girl June Millarde and actress Carol Parker. In 1964, he married Jermaine Peralta with whom he remained for the rest of his life.

In 1932 Magnuson was a founding member^[1] of the The Young Democrats of Washington.

Magnuson served in the Washington state legislature and as King County Prosecutor. 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.

Warren Magnuson served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise for several months, seeing heavy combat in the Pacific Theatre until President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered all congressmen on active duty to return home.

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 served most of his tenure in the Senate, concurrently, with his friend and Democratic colleague from Washington State, Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson. Magnuson was defeated in a bid for re-election in 1980.

At least three important pieces of legislation bear his name: the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 (commonly referred to as the Magnuson Act), and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. He was also instrumental in keeping supertankers out of Puget Sound, by slipping an amendment to a routine funding reauthorization bill through on the Senate and House consent calendars.^[2] Magnuson was a member of Theta Chi fraternity.

• The University of Washington's Health Sciences building complex (Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building) was named in his honor in 1970.

• Seattle's Magnuson Park was named in his honor in 1977. The Washington State Democratic Party^[3] holds an annual Magnuson awards dinner (sometimes referred to as the Maggies, per his nickname).

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopedia of Washington State history. Accessed July 19, 2006
3. ^ [2]

• Warren G. Magnuson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Washington State History Link Entry
• NIH Clinical Center The research hospital was renamed the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center in his honor on October 22, 1981.
• Congressional Biography

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