Thomas Francis Johnson

Thomas Francis Johnson ( born June 26, 1909 Worcester County, Maryland; † February 1, 1988 in Seaford, Delaware ) was an American politician. Between 1959 and 1963 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Johnson attended the public schools of his native then studied until 1926 at the Staunton Military Academy in Virginia. This is followed by courses completed at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession since 1932 in Snow Hill. Later he specialized in international law with a focus on the Middle East and Europe. In Snow Hill Johnson was CEO of the Commercial National Bank of Snow Hill. In 1934, he worked for a short time as a prosecutor. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1938 to 1951 he sat in the Senate of Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1958, Johnson was the first electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Tylor Miller on January 3, 1959. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1963 two legislative sessions. This time was domestically determined by the events of the civil rights movement. 1962 Johnson was accused of accepting illegal gratuities. This cost him this year 's re-election. In 1968, Johnson was convicted of this offense by a court to pay a fine of $ 5,000 and six months in prison, of which he had to serve three and a half months. He then practiced as a lawyer again. Thomas Johnson spent his life in Berlin, and died on February 1, 1988 in Seaford.

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