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Encyclopedia > Albert Walter Johnson

Albert Walter Johnson (April 17, 1906September 1, 1998) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... // The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ...


Albert W. Johnson was born in Smethport, PA. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1929. He was a member of the Smethport Borough Council from 1933 to 1934. He received his LL.B. from the John B. Stetson University Law School in Deland, FL, in 1938. He became a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1947 to 1963 and served as majority whip in the 1951 session, and minority whip in the 1955 session. He was the majority leader in the 1953, 1957, and 1963 sessions, and the minority leader in the 1959 and 1961 sessions. Smethport is a borough located in McKean County, Pennsylvania. ... The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a business school at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. The school was founded by Joseph Wharton, who also was one of the founders of Swarthmore College (founded in 1864), in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the United States. ... The University of Pennsylvania (or Penn[3][4]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stetson University is a private, co-educational university in DeLand, Florida, United States, with a teacher education center in Celebration, Florida, a main Stetson University Law School in Gulfport, Florida (near St. ... DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is one of two co-equal houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...


He was elected as a Republican to the 88th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Leon H. Gavin, and was reelected to the six succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976. Leon Harry Gavin (February 25, 1893–September 15, 1963) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...


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Preceded by:
Leon H. Gavin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

1963-1977
Succeeded by:
Joseph S. Ammerman


 
 

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