Sam Johnson

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Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson (born October 11, 1930 in San Antonio , Texas , † May 27, 2020 in Plano , Texas) was an American politician . From 1991 to 2019 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sam Johnson attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas and then studied until 1951 at the local Southern Methodist University . Between 1950 and 1979 he served in the United States Air Force . He was used as a fighter pilot in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War . He was a prisoner of war for seven years. He then studied at George Washington University until 1974 . At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1985 and 1991 he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives .

After the resignation of Member of Parliament Steve Bartlett , Johnson was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on May 8, 1991, when the by-election was due for the third seat in Texas . Since he was re-elected in all subsequent elections, up to and including 2016, he was able to exercise his mandate until January 3, 2019. In the congressional election in 2018 , he did not appear again. During his time as a congressman, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , the Iraq war and the military operation in Afghanistan fell . Johnson was considered one of the most conservative congressmen. He was a member of the Committee on Ways and Means , which he temporarily chaired in 2015, and two of its sub-committees as well as the United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation .

He had three children with his wife, Shirley; He lived privately with his family in Plano, Texas, where he died in May 2020 at the age of 89.

Sam Johnson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Web presence at the congress

personal data
SURNAME	Johnson, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johnson, Samuel Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American military pilot and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 11, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Antonio , Texas
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 2020
Place of death	Plano , Texas