George William Johnson (congressman)

George William Johnson ( * November 10, 1869 in Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, † February 24, 1944 in Martinsburg, West Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1925, and again in 1933-1943, he was the fourth electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Johnson attended the public schools of his home, including the Shepherd College in Shepherdstown. Then he studied until 1896 at West Virginia University in Morgantown, among other Jura. After his were made in the same year admitted to the bar Johnson began to work in his new profession in Martinsburg in Berkeley County. At the same time he was legal representatives of this city. Between 1897 and 1900 he was a member of the board of trustees of the State Normal School. In 1900 he moved his residence and his law firm to Parkersburg. In the following years he was a trustee on behalf of the competent for West Virginia federal court. In addition, Johnson was a consultant responsible for the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. In addition to these activities, he also devoted himself to the fruit growing and cattle breeding.

Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected in 1922 as their candidate in the fourth district of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he met on March 4, 1923 is the successor of the Republican Harry C. Woodyard, whom he had beaten in the election. But since he lost to Woodyard already at the next elections in 1924, Johnson was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1925. In the following years he devoted himself then resumed its previous transactions. In the 1932 elections, he was re-elected for the fourth constituency in the Congress. He benefited from a nationwide trend in favor of his party. On 3 March 1933, he released the Republicans Robert Lynn Hogg from the House of Representatives. After four elections he could spend in Congress until January 3, 1943 five legislative sessions. At this time there most of the New Deal legislation was passed. His last tenure was determined by the events of World War II. In the 1942 elections, Johnson was defeated by Republican Hubert Summers Ellis. George Johnson died on 24 February 1944 in Martinsburg and was buried in his birthplace of Charles Town.