J. Leroy Johnson

Justin Leroy Johnson was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and politician who served seven consecutive terms as a Republican United States Congressman from California from 1943 to 1957.

Biography

Born in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1888, Johnson graduated from the local high school and from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, later serving in World War I. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley law school, he practiced law and served as city attorney in Stockton, California.

Congress

In 1942, he successfully ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he would serve seven consecutive terms from 1943 to 1957. In 1956, he was defeated for re-election by John J. McFall.

Death and burial

He died in Stockton in 1961 and his ashes were interred in Casa Bonita Mausoleum, outside the Stockton Rural Cemetery.