Adna R. Johnson


Adna Romulus Johnson was a teacher, lawyer, and United States [House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Ohio for one term from 1909 to 1911.

Biography

Born in Sweet Springs, Missouri, Johnson moved with his mother to a farm in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1864, where attended the common schools. He taught school seven years and then studied law. He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1886.
Johnson graduated from the University of [Michigan Law School] at Ann Arbor in 1887 and practiced his profession in Ironton, Ohio. He served as the prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County in 1889.
Johnson was elected as a Republican to the 61st [United States Congress|Sixty-first Congress]. He was renominated without opposition in 1910, but declined to accept. He resumed the practice of law in Ironton. He also engaged in banking and was financially interested in various manufacturing concerns. Johnson served as president of the Ohio [State Bar Association] in 1933.

Death

He died in Ironton on June 11, 1938, and was interred in Woodland Cemetery.