Jed Johnson junior

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Jed Johnson junior, 1965

Jed Joseph Johnson Jr. (born December 27, 1939 in Washington, DC , † December 16, 1993 in Falls Church , Virginia ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . Between 1965 and 1967 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jed Johnson was the son of Jed Johnson Sr. , who had also represented the Sixth District of Oklahoma in Congress between 1927 and 1947 . The younger Johnson attended Chickasha, Oklahoma public schools and Friends Seminary in New York . He then worked as a usher in Congress and attended the Capitol Page School in Washington until 1957 . Johnson then graduated from the University of Oklahoma until 1961 . In 1961 he was a delegate at a UN conference in Sweden that dealt with the international student movement. From 1962 to 1964, Johnson was President of the United States Youth Council . In 1963 he headed the American youth delegation at a UNESCO conference in West Africa. He was also an observer at the United Nations for three years.

In 1964 Johnson was elected to the US House of Representatives. There he took the same seat on January 3, 1965 as his father had once held. He replaced Victor Wickersham . Since he was not confirmed in the 1966 elections, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1967. After serving in Congress, Johnson was employed by the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1967 to 1968 . Between 1968 and 1972 he was a member of a commission that dealt with labor law issues ( Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ). In 1973 he was an advisor to a committee of the US Senate that analyzed the presidential election campaigns. From 1974 until his death he headed the Association of Former Members of Congress.

Jed Johnson, who appeared in November 1964 as a guest on the television show What's My Line? appeared, was last resident in Alexandria , Virginia and died in December 1993 in Falls Church, also in Virginia.

Web links

  • Jed Johnson Jr. in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Jed junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Jed Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1993
Place of death Falls Church , Virginia