Nancy Johnson (politician)

Nancy Johnson

Nancy Lee Johnson (born January 5, 1935 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American politician . Between 1983 and 2007 she represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nancy Johnson was born Nancy Elizabeth Lee in Chicago in 1935. She attended the public schools in her home country and then studied at the University of Chicago until 1953 . She then continued her studies at Radcliffe College in Cambridge ( Massachusetts ) until 1957 . Between 1957 and 1958 she graduated from the art history faculty at the University of London . After that she worked as a teacher. She later moved to New Britain , Connecticut, where she still lives today.

Politically, Johnson joined the Republican Party . She served in the Connecticut Senate from 1977 to 1982 . In 1980 she was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Detroit , where Ronald Reagan was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In 1982 Johnson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Connecticut Sixth Constituency . There she stepped on January 3, 1983 to succeed the Democrat Toby Moffett . After eleven re-elections, she was able to complete twelve consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 2007 . Since her actual electoral district was dissolved in 2002, she has represented the expanded fifth district since January 3, 2003. In the 2006 election she was defeated by Democrat Chris Murphy . Between 1995 and 1997 she was Chair of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct . During her time in Congress, Nancy Johnson, who described herself as an "independent voice" in Washington, has mostly voted with her Republican faction. Among other things, she supported the failed impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton and supported the Iraq war from the start. However, she was against the energy policy of the administration under President George W. Bush .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Johnson joined the faculty of the Political School at Harvard University . She is married to the medic Ted Johnson and lives in New Britain.

Web links

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