Louis A. Johnson AKA Louis Arthur Johnson
Born: 10-Jan-1891 Birthplace: Roanoke, VA Died: 24-Apr-1966 Location of death: Washington, DC [1] Cause of death: Stroke Remains: Buried, Elkview Cemetery, Clarksburg, WV
Gender: Male Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Government Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50 Military service: US Army (1917-19, WWI, France) Chief fundraiser for Harry S. Truman's 1948 presidential campaign.
[1] Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Father: Marcellus A. Johnson Mother: Katherine Leftwich Wife: Ruth Frances Maxwell (m. 1920, two daughters) Daughter: Lillian Maxwell Daughter: Mrs. A. C. C. Hill, Jr.
High School: Jefferson High School, Roanoke, VA (1908) Law School: LLB, University of Virginia Law School (1912)
US Secretary of Defense (28-Mar-1949 to 19-Sep-1950 under Harry S. Truman) US Official Assistant Secretary of War (1937-40) Virginia State House of Delegates (1917) Steptoe & Johnson Partner
American Legion National Commander (1932-33) Freemasonry Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks Rotary International Delta Chi Fraternity Delta Sigma Rho Tau Kappa Alpha Forensic Society
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Time, 22-Aug-1938, DETAILS: War Department's Johnson
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