Lee Johnson

Lee Johnson (born September 8, 1930 in Portland , Oregon ) is an American lawyer , officer and politician .

Career

Lee Johnson was born during the Great Depression. He grew up in Toledo, Oregon. His youth were overshadowed by the Second World War . In 1953 he graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts . He then joined the US Navy and served as an officer aboard a destroyer for three years . He was stationed in South Korea for 19 months . During this time he received 2 letters of recommendation. In 1959 he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Stanford University . During his student days he was responsible for the publication of the Stanford Law Review . He later served as antitrust prosecuting attorney for the United States Department of Justice . In 1981 he returned to his practice in his Portland law office.

Johnson also had a political career. He was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1964 for the Portland West Sub-District . The Associated Press then called him an outstanding freshman legislator. He was re-elected. In the 1967 session, he served as Chairman of the House Taxation Committee and the Interim Committee on Highways. In 1968 he successfully ran for the post of Attorney General of Oregon. His election was challenged by Acting Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton on accusing Johnson of violating the state's Corrupt Practices Act . The Marion County Court ruled in Thornton's favor, but the Oregon Supreme Court later overturned the verdict. These events delayed Johnson's inauguration by nearly six months, during which Thornton remained in office. Johnson was re-elected in 1972. He took up his post on May 20, 1969 and held it until January 3, 1977.

He then served as a judge at the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1977 until his resignation in 1978 to take over the leadership of Governor Victor G. Atiyeh . From 1983 until his resignation in 1995, he served as a district judge in Multnomah County .

literature

• Oregon Blue Book , Office of the Secretary of State, 1973, p. 10
• Landauer, Robert: Lee Johnson's career leaves many monuments, The Oregonian, December 24, 1995, p. F3

Web links

• Lee Johnson on the Oregon Blue Book website
• Lee Johnson on The Political Graveyard website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In memoriam: Robert Y. Thornton , Oregon State Bar Bulletin, January 2001