Preceded by Victor Wickersham Profession Attorney Party Democratic Party Citizenship United States Name Jed Jr. Succeeded by James Vernon Smith | Political party Democratic Party Role American Politician Resigned January 3, 1967 Education University of Oklahoma | |
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Born December 27, 1939
Washington, D.C. ( 1939-12-27 ) Died December 16, 1993, Falls Church, Virginia, United States | ||
Alma mater University of Oklahoma | ||
Jed Joseph Johnson Jr. (December 27, 1939 – December 16, 1993) was an American politician, and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
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Early life
Born in Washington, D.C., the son of Jed Joseph Johnson and Beatrice Luginbyhl Johnson, Johnson attended public schools in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Friends Seminary in New York City. He served as a congressional page and graduated from the Capitol Page School in Washington, D.C., in 1957. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1961.
Career
Johnson served as a delegate to the International Student Movement for the United Nations Conference at Lund, Sweden, in 1961, and as president of the United States Youth Council from 1962 to 1964. He led a delegation from the organization to West Africa in 1963, and served as a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. He served three years as a nongovernmental observer at the United Nations.
Elected at the age of twenty-four, Johnson was the second youngest person ever elected to the U.S. Congress and the youngest legally elected. He appeared on the TV game show What's My Line? on November 15, 1964, with guest panelist Groucho Marx. He served as a Democrat to the 89th Congress from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the 90th Congress. He served as special assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1967 to 1968, and as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1968 to 1972. He was also a consultant to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities in 1973.
Death
He resided in Alexandria, Virginia and served as executive director of the United States Association of Former Members of Congress from 1974 until his death.
Johnson died in Falls Church, Virginia on December 16, 1993 as the result of a cerebral aneurysm. He is survived by his wife, Sydney, and daughters Alice and Sydney.