Otis Johnson

Honorable Otis Samuel Johnson
Savannah Mayor Otis S. Johnson
64th Mayor of Savannah, Georgia
In office 2004–2012
Preceded by	Floyd Adams, Jr.
Succeeded by	Edna Jackson
Personal details
Born	(1942-02-03) February 3, 1942 (age 75) Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Savannah, Georgia
Alma mater	A.E. Beach High School Armstrong Junior College University of Georgia Clark Atlanta University Brandeis University
Profession	Educator
Website	official site

Otis Samuel Johnson is an American economist and politician from the U.S. state of Georgia who served as the Mayor of Savannah from 2004 until 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Mayor Johnson is a Savannah native who graduated from A.E. Beach High School in 1960, Armstrong Junior College (now Armstrong State University) in 1964 (the first African American to graduate from that school) and the University of Georgia (A.B.) in 1967. He served from 1959 to 1965 in the U.S. Naval Reserve. In 1969, he earned a master's degree in social work from Clark Atlanta University and, in 1980, he received his Ph.D. from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.

Before becoming mayor, Johnson worked for the Economic Opportunity Authority, Model Cities Program, and Savannah State University. From 1983 until 1988, he served as the City Council Representative from the second district of Savannah. He then became the Executive Director of the Chatham Savannah Youth Futures Authority.

Johnson served as the Alderman of District #2 in Savannah from 1982 to 1988. He resigned in 1988 to accept a position as Executive Director of the Chatham Savannah Youth Futures Authority.

In 1999, he began a four-year term on the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education.

In November 2003, Johnson was elected to a four-year term as Mayor of Savannah against two-term Alderman Pete Liakakis (Democrat), and four other candidates. He took office in January 2004.