Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Willard Arnold Johnson

Full Name: Willard Arnold Johnson
Birth date: August 28, 1862
Death date: May 5, 1923

Terms of Service

Senate, 35th ⁽⁴⁾ & 34th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1915 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 9/29/1917, 3rd C.S.
Senate, 33rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ & 32nd ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1911 - 1/12/1915
Democrat

(1) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 33rd Legislature - Roll Call, holdover Senators elected on 11/8/1910 for a full period of four years, 1/14/1913, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal .
(3) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) "L.C. Penry of Plainview is being urged to become a candidate for state senator . . . Senator W.A. Johnson of Memphis is serving his first term, and is a candidate for re-election." "May Run for Senate," 5/8/1914, p. 4. Wichita Daily Times .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 5/5/1923, p. 196. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Willard Johnson, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

"Governor causes much excitement . . . Directs personal remark at state senator, which causes uproar . . . He wants an investigation . . . The resolution introduced asks for thorough probing of activities of James E. Ferguson," 3/4/1917, pp. 1, 6, 12. Galveston Daily News .
JOHNSON, W.A. (1862-1923). Birth date 8/28/1862, death date 5/5/1923. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
25th Lieutenant Governor: Willard Arnold Johnson. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.