R.M. Johnson

Robert Milton Johnson

Full Name: Robert Milton "Bob" Johnson
Date of birth: January 4, 1874
Date of death: March 10, 1941

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 55 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson
H 55 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson
H 55 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (2)   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.
(2) Robert Milton Johnson. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 55
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Palestine / Anderson
Counties in district: Anderson
House District 55
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Palestine / Anderson
Counties in district: Anderson
House District 55
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Palestine / Anderson
Counties in district: Anderson

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.
(2) Robert Milton Johnson. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Milton Johnson, pp. 406-409. A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, 1936.
  • Memorial, May 1941, p. 252. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

  • Robert Milton Johnson, birth date 1/4/1874 in Indiana; death date 3/10/1941 in Anderson County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Robert M. Johnson, birth date 1/4/1874, death date 3/10/1941, photo, burial in Palestine City Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, "R.M. Johnson, Veteran Lawyer, Dies at Palestine," 3/11/1941, p. 3, Palestine. "He had served as city attorney, city judge and represented this county three terms in the Texas Legislature." Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Common Carriers (Vice Chair) 
Counties (Chair) 
Municipal and Private Corporations  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
40th R.S. - 1927
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Insurance  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Oil, Gas and Mining (Vice Chair) 
39th R.S. - 1925
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
Oil, Gas and Mining  

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