Background
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, the son of Jed Joseph Johnson and Beatrice Luginbyhl Johnson, Johnson attended public schools in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Friends Seminary in New York City.
United States representative politician
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, the son of Jed Joseph Johnson and Beatrice Luginbyhl Johnson, Johnson attended public schools in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Friends Seminary in New York City.
He served as a congressional page and graduated from the Capitol Page School in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1957. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1961.
Johnson served as a delegate to the International Student Movement for the United Nations Conference at Lund, Sweden, in 1961, and as president of the United States Youth Council from 1962 to 1964. He served three years as a nongovernmental observer at the United Nations. Elected at the age of twenty-four, Johnson was the second youngest person ever elected to the United States. Congress and the youngest legally elected.
He appeared on the television game show What"s My Lincolnshire?.
He served as a Democrat to the 89th Congress from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the 90th Congress.
He was also a consultant to the United States. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities in 1973. Johnson died in Falls Church, Virginia on December 16, 1993 as the result of a cerebral aneurysm.
He led a delegation from the organization to West Africa in 1963, and served as a member of the United States National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He served as special assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1967 to 1968, and as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1968 to 1972. He resided in Alexandria, Virginia and served as executive director of the United States Association of Former Members of Congress from 1974 until his death.