Ben Johnson (politician)

Ben Johnson ( * May 20, 1858 in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, † June 4, 1950 ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1927 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ben Johnson attended until 1878, the St. Mary 's College. After a subsequent law studies at the Louisville Law University and his 1882 was admitted to the bar he began in Bardstown to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1885 and 1887 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky, which he was president in 1887. From 1893 to 1897 Johnson headed the tax authority in the fifth tax district of Kentucky. In the years 1905 and 1906 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1906, Johnson was in the fourth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David Highbaugh Smith on March 4, 1907. After nine elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1927 ten contiguous legislatures. Between 1911 and 1919 he headed the Committee for management of the Federal District District of Columbia. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. Moreover 1913-1920 the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. In the years 1912 and 1920, Johnson participated in the respective Democratic National Convention as a delegate.

1926 Johnson decided not to run again for the U.S. House of Representatives. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on June 4, 1950 at the age of 92 years in Bardstown.