Lester Johnson

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Lester Johnson (1954)

Lester Roland Johnson (born June 16, 1901 in Brandon , Fond du Lac County , Wisconsin , †  July 24, 1975 in Augusta , Wisconsin) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1965 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lester Johnson attended the public schools in his home country and then between 1919 and 1921 Lawrence College . He then studied economics and commerce at the University of Wisconsin until 1924 . Between 1924 and 1938 Johnson worked with his father in the timber industry and in the coal and seed trade. Between 1935 and 1939 he was also a senior administrator in the Wisconsin State Assembly . After studying law at the University of Wisconsin and being admitted to the bar in 1941, he began working in his new profession in Black River Falls . Between 1943 and 1946 and again in 1953 he was a district attorney in Jackson County .

Politically, Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1952 and 1960 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . After the death of Congressman Merlin Hull , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the by-election for the ninth seat of Wisconsin , where he took up his new mandate on October 13, 1953. After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1965 . During this time the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War fell . The 23rd and 24th amendments to the Constitution were also passed at that time.

In 1964, Johnson decided not to run for Congress again. In the following years he withdrew from politics. He died in Augusta on July 24, 1975 and was buried in Brandon, his birthplace.

Web links

  • Lester Johnson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)