Eric Johnson (Texas politician)
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| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Terri Hodge |
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October 10, 1975 Dallas, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Nakita Johnson (m. 2007) |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
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Harvard University (A.B., 1998) Princeton University (M.P.A., 2003) University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2003) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Church of Christ |
| Website | State Representative Eric Johnson |
Eric Johnson (born October 10, 1975) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he represents District 100 in the cities of Dallas and Mesquite, Texas. District 100 includes portions of: South Dallas, Oak Cliff, East Dallas, and West Dallas, including Buckner Terrace, White Rock Village, Westmoreland Heights, Owenwood Park, Claremont, Dolphin Heights, Forest Hills, Hollywood Heights, Lakewood Hills, the Design District, the Medical District, The Cedars, Exline Park, Golden Seeds, and Dixon Circle. District 100 is the most geographically diverse district in Dallas County, and one of the most geographically diverse, urban-based districts in the entire state.
Johnson was born on October 10, 1975 in Dallas, Texas. He attended Sudie Williams Elementary and C.F. Carr Elementary in the Dallas Independent School District until the second grade, when he received a scholarship to attend Greenhill School through the West Dallas Boys & Girls Club. Johnson graduated from Greenhill School in 1994. Johnson went on to attend Harvard University and was a resident of Cabot House. He was initiated into Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity his sophomore year and headed up the community service efforts of both that organization and the Harvard Black Students Association, which earned him both the John Lord O’Brian and Stride Rite scholarships from Harvard College for his commitment to community service. The summer between his junior and senior year of college, he studied public policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley as part of the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program. While at Harvard, Johnson was heavily involved with the Phillips Brooks House, Harvard’s premier community service organization, where he served as the director of the Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program (CYEP), a summer program for the children who lived in the public housing projects in the City of Cambridge. Johnson lived in the public housing project that he served for the duration of the summer. After graduating from Harvard cum laude in 1998 with a degree in history, Johnson returned to Dallas to work as an investment banker with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and then as an aide to State Representative Yvonne Davis. After the 76th Texas Legislature adjourned in May 1999, he moved to New York City for three months to work as a graduate intern for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund doing research to support several of their desegregation lawsuits in the Deep South and also to combat the proposed elimination of remedial education on City University of New York system campuses. Johnson went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Public Interest Scholar and a member of the Journal of International Economic Law, and a Master of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, both in 2003.[1]
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