Okfuskee, OK – Obit - Glen D. Johnson, abt 1912-1983 Contributor: Rustie Lang Rlang90547@aol.com 08/11/1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the contributor’s legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. The contributor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted with permission from the Tulsa World, Feb 11, 1983. EX-MEMBER OF CONGRESS JOHNSON DIES OKEMAH (AP) - Glen D. Johnson Sr., former congressman and state legislator, died Thursday in a Shawnee hospital. He was the father of Glen D. Johnson Jr, a state representative for the Okemah area. Johnson, 71, graduated from the University of Oklahoma Law School in 1939 and was elected to the state house of Representatives in 1940. He resigned to enlist in the Army in World War II and was discharged in 1946 as a major in the judge advocate general's office. He was elected to Congress from the fourth district in 1946, defeating Lyle Boren, the father of former governor and current U.S. Sen. David Boren. Johnson lost a bid for the Senate when he finished fifth in a 10-man Democratic race in 1948 and later failed to win re-election to his former House seat, then held by Tom Steed. He later was named chairman of the Oil Import Appeals Board by the U.S. Interior Department and served there until his retirement in 1972. He maintained a limited law practice in Okemah from 1972 until his death. He was a Catholic and a member of the American legion. Surviving in addition; to his son are his wife, Imogene Storms Johnson; two brothers, Maurice Johnson of Oklahoma City and Dorman Johnson of Ventura, Calif., and two sisters, Merle and Viva Johnson, both of Ventura.