Background
Johnson, Simeon Moses was born on March 18, 1859 in Cincinnati. Son of Frederick A. and Julia (Moses) Johnson.
Johnson, Simeon Moses was born on March 18, 1859 in Cincinnati. Son of Frederick A. and Julia (Moses) Johnson.
Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School, 1880.
Practiced Cincinnati, since 1880. Democratic nominee for judge of Common Pleas Court, 1901. Chairman Democratic Campaign Committee, Cincinnati, 1907, 13, 21, 34.
Chairman Hamilton County Democratic Executive Committee, 1920-1948.
Vice mayor Cincinnati, 1912-1913. Member Ohio State Commission to investigate state judicial system, 1914.
Declined Democratic nominate for mayor, 1915. Member Democratic National Campaign Committee, 1916.
Special assistant to attorney general of Ohio, 1917-1918.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention, San Francisco, 1920, Houston, 1928. Declined appointment as justice Supreme Court of the Ohio, 1920. Trustee Cincinnati Law library association (president), Union American Hebrew Congregations (honorary Executive Board).
Member American, Ohio (president 1912-1913), Cincinnati (president 1918-1919, 19-20) bar associations. Clubs: Literary (president 1931-1932), Cincinnati, Lawyers, Duckworth.
Married Gertrude Cohen, December 7, 1893 (died December 18, 1941). Children: Ella Gertrude, Frederic William (deceased), George Harris.