John B. Johnston

John B. Johnston

John Brown Johnston (born July 10, 1882 in Glasgow , Scotland , † January 11, 1960 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1919 and 1921 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Brown Johnston was born in Glasgow about a month after the murders of the new British Ireland minister, Frederick Cavendish and his deputy. The Johnston family immigrated to the United States in 1886 and settled in the then still independent city of Brooklyn. He attended public schools in Long Island City and Brooklyn as well as New York Law School . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Brooklyn.

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the 1918 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded James P. Maher on March 4, 1919 . Since it to submit a bid again two years later abandoned, he retired from the after March 3, 1921 Congress of.

He then worked as a lawyer in New York City . In 1920 and 1924 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions . Johnson was elected Supreme Court Justice for the Second District and began his appointment on January 1, 1928. He was then appointed associate justice in their appeals department on January 1, 1935 , a position he held until his resignation on December 31, 1952. Johnson served as Official Referee at the New York Supreme Court from January 1, 1953 to July 4, 1955 . He then accepted the post of Administrator of the Judicial Conference of the State of New York , which he held until his death. He died on January 11, 1960 in Brooklyn and was buried there in Green-Wood Cemetery .

Web links

• John B. Johnston in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John B. Johnston in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• John B. Johnston on The Political Graveyard website