Joseph H. Johnson

JOHNSON, EASTBURN

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Date: 2/2/2004 at 05:46:25

Joseph H. Johnson
Representative from Marion county, was born on a farm in that county July 26, 1878. Attended the district school, graduated from Central college at Pella, Iowa, in 1902, and from the law department of the University of Chicago in 1905. Engaged in the general practice of law at Knoxville. He is president of the board of education of the independent school district of Knoxville, and a member of the Masonic lodge. Married Pearl Eastburn July 31, 1907, and has four children. Republican in politics. Elected to the general assembly in 1924 and reelected in 1926.

source: Iowa Official Register 1927-1928; Biographies of State Representatives; pg. 247