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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriRobert Davis JOHNSON
(1883-1961)
JOHNSON, Robert Davis, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Slater, Saline
County, Mo., August 12, 1883; educated in the rural graded schools
of his native county, and was graduated from the Portland (Ind.)
High School in 1901; attended the Missouri Valley College,
Marshall, Mo.; taught school in Saline Valley and Orearville, Mo.,
1901-1907; served as clerk of the circuit court of Saline County
1915-1923; while serving as clerk also studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Marshall, Mo., in 1923;
served as prosecuting attorney of Saline County 1925-1928; elected
as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Samuel C. Major and served from September
29, 1931, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for renomination
in 1932; resumed the practice of law in Marshall, Mo.; elected
judge of the State circuit court of the fifteenth judicial circuit
of Missouri on November 5, 1940, and served until January 1, 1947;
again resumed the practice of law in Marshall, Mo., where he died
October 23, 1961; interment in Ridge Park Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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