Jed Johnson (politician)
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Johnson as an Oklahoma State Senator, 1921
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| Judge of the United States Customs Court | |
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In office June 25, 1947 – May 8, 1963 |
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| Appointed by | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | William John Keefe |
| Succeeded by | James Lopez Watson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1947 |
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| Preceded by | J. W. Elmer Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Toby Morris |
| Member of the Oklahoma Senate | |
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In office 1920–1926 |
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| Personal details | |
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Jed Joseph Johnson July 31, 1888 Waxahachie, Texas |
| Died | May 8, 1963 (aged 74) New York City |
| Resting place | Rose Hill Cemetery 35°1′54″N 97°56′45″W / 35.03167°N 97.94583°W |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma College of Law LL.B. |
| Profession | Judge |
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| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1918-1919 |
| Unit | Company L of the 36th Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Jed Joseph Johnson (July 31, 1888 – May 8, 1963) was a politician from the state of Oklahoma and served as a Judge for the United States Customs Court.
Johnson was born in Waxahachie, Texas and he graduated from the University of Oklahoma's law department, class of 1915, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree, with postgraduate work at l’Université de Clermont at Clermont-Ferrand, France. He was admitted to the bar in 1918 and began practicing law in Walters, Oklahoma. Johnson served overseas as a private in World War I in Company L of the 36th Division in 1918 and 1919. He edited a newspaper in Cotton County, Oklahoma, from 1920 to 1922.
He was first elected to public office to the Oklahoma State Senate in 1920 as a Democrat and served until 1926, when he was elected to the House of Representatives. He served as a delegate to the annual peace conference of the Interparliamentary Union at Paris, France, in 1927 and 1937, and at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929, and was chairman of the speakers’ bureau for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He served 20 years in Congress until losing the Democratic primary election in 1946.
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