Noble J. Johnson

Noble J. Johnson

Noble Jacob Johnson (born August 23, 1887 in Terre Haute , Indiana , †  March 17, 1968 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1925 and 1931 and again from 1939 to 1948 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Noble Johnson attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1911, he began to work in this profession in Terre Haute. In 1917 and 1918 he served as the assistant district attorney for the 43rd Judicial District of Indiana. Between 1921 and 1924 he served as a regular public prosecutor in the same judicial district. Politically, Johnson was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1924 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Everett Sanders on March 4, 1925 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 .

In 1930 he was not re-elected. Another congressional candidacy in 1936 was also unsuccessful. In the elections of 1938 Johnson was then re-elected to Congress in the sixth district of his state, where he replaced Virginia E. Jenckes on January 3, 1939 . After four re-elections, he could remain in the US House of Representatives until his resignation on July 1, 1948. Up until 1941, the federal government passed further New Deal laws there. After that, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

Johnson resigned his MP in July 1948 after being appointed federal judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals . Since 1956 he has presided over this court, succeeding Finis J. Garrett . On August 7, 1958, he took partial retirement. In senior status he continued to work as a judge until his death. Noble Johnson died on March 17, 1968 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• Noble J. Johnson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Noble J. Johnson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Noble J. Johnson in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges