Rowland Louis Johnston

Rowland Louis Johnston (born April 23, 1872 in Louisiana , Pike County , Missouri , †  September 22, 1939 in Rolla , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1931 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Rowland Johnston attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and his admission to the bar in 1894, he began to work in this profession in St. Louis . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1892 and 1896 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 , Johnston served as a recruiting officer. He was also a member of the state militia. Between 1904 and 1908 he served as the prosecutor in St. Louis. In 1908 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1920 to 1926, Johnston served as a lawyer for the City of St. Louis. From 1926 he lived in Rolla, where he continued to practice as a lawyer.

In the 1928 congressional election , Johnston was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 16th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded the late Thomas L. Rubey on March 4, 1929 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat William Edward Barton in 1930 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1931 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Rowland Johnston was again a lawyer in Rolla, where he died on September 22, 1939.

Web links

• Rowland Louis Johnston in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Rowland Louis Johnston in the database of Find a Grave (English)