Glen D. Johnson

Glen D. Johnson

Glen Dale Johnson (born September 11, 1911 in Melbourne , Izard County , Arkansas , † February 10, 1983 in Okemah , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1920, Glen Johnson came to Paden , Oklahoma, where he attended public schools. He then studied until 1939 at the law school of the University of Oklahoma in Norman . After his admission to the bar in the same year, he began to work in Okemah in his new profession.

Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1940 to 1942 he was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives . In 1942 he stepped down to serve in the US Army during World War II . There he rose to captain until he left in 1946. After the war, Johnson worked as a lawyer again.

In 1946 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington , where he replaced Lyle Boren on January 3, 1947 . Since he was no longer running in 1948, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1949 . In the 1948 elections, Johnson ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . After serving in Congress, Johnson served on the national arbitration committee in 1949 and 1950. Between 1961 and 1967 he worked as an attorney for the US Department of the Interior . From 1969 to 1972 he was an attorney for the Ministry of the Interior in its Muskogee office . He later moved back to Okemah, where he died in 1983.

Web links

• Glen D. Johnson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Glen D. Johnson in the database of Find a Grave (English)