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J. Bennett Johnston Jr.

J. Bennett Johnston
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United States Senator
from Louisiana
In office
November 14, 1972 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by Elaine S. Edwards
Succeeded by Mary Landrieu
Member of the Louisiana Senate
from the Caddo Parish at-large district
In office
1968–1972
Preceded by Johnny Rogers (at-large)
Jackson B. Davis
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the Caddo Parish at-large district
In office
1964–1968
Preceded by Wellborn Jack (at-large)
Succeeded by At-large delegation
Personal details
Born John Bennett Johnston Jr.
(1932-06-10) June 10, 1932 (age 85)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Mary Gunn
Relations Tim Roemer (son-in-law)
Children 4
Education Washington and Lee University
United States Military Academy (BS)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1956–1959
Unit Army Judge Advocate General's Corps

John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is an American politician in the Democratic Party and lobbyist who represented Louisiana in the United States Senate from 1972 to 1997.

Johnston was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to the attorney John Bennett Johnston Sr. (1894–1977) and the former Wilma Lyon (1904–1996). Johnston attended the private elementary and junior high Southfield School in the South Highlands neighborhood of Shreveport. He was inducted into the Southfield Hall of Fame in 1994.

After Southfield, Johnston graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. He attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

In 1956, Johnston graduated from Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He was admitted to the bar that same year. He served in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General Corps in Germany from 1956 to 1959.

In 1964, Johnston was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, along with two Republicans, Morley A. Hudson and Taylor W. O'Hearn, and two other Democrats from Caddo Parish, Algie D. Brown and Frank Fulco. Hudson and O'Hearn were the first Republicans to serve in the legislature since Reconstruction.


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