William Ward Johnson

William Ward Johnson (born 9 March 1892 in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, † June 8, 1963 in Long Beach, California ) was an American politician. Between 1941 and 1945 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Johnson attended the public schools of his native and Idaho. In the years 1910 and 1911 he served in the National Guard of Idaho. Then he studied until 1914 at the University of California at Berkeley. Until 1918 he worked in Montpelier (Idaho ) and Price (Utah ) for an automobile company as a bookkeeper, stenographer and managers. He was then to 1922 in Idaho and Utah engaged in trade. Later he went into the oil business and the banking industry. After studying law at the University of Southern California and his 1925 was admitted to the bar he began in Long Beach to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1940, Johnson was in the 18th electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the late Thomas M. Eaton on January 3, 1941. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1945 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of World War II. In 1944, Johnson defeated Democrat Clyde Doyle. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on June 8, 1963 in Long Beach.