Luther Alexander Johnson

Luther Alexander Johnson (1939)

Luther Alexander Johnson (born October 29, 1875 in Corsicana , Texas , †  June 6, 1965 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1923 and 1946 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Luther Johnson attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ) and his admission as a lawyer in 1896, he began to work in Corsicana in this profession. Between 1898 and 1902 he was a district attorney in Navarro County . He then served as a district attorney in the 13th judicial district of Texas until 1910. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In June 1916 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , on which President Woodrow Wilson was nominated for re-election; In 1920 he was chairman of the regional Democratic Party Congress in Texas.

In the 1922 congressional election , Johnson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Rufus Hardy on March 4, 1923 . After eleven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on July 17, 1946 . During his time in Congress between 1933 and 1941, the Federal Government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Johnson served as a judge in the federal tax court between 1946 and 1956 . This appointment was also the reason for his resignation as a congressman. He died on June 6, 1965 in Corsicana, where he was also buried.

Web links

Commons : Luther Alexander Johnson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

• Luther Alexander Johnson in the database of Find a Grave (English)