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Wilfred X. Johnson
Wilfred Xavier Johnson (1920 – January 31, 1972) was an American politician who in 1958 became the first African American elected to the Connecticut General Assembly. A Democrat, he represented Hartford's heavily African American North End in the state's House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967. He was also the first African American bank teller in Connecticut. Life and work Born in Dawson, Georgia, in 1920 (exact birth date unknown), Johnson came to Hartford in 1925 with his parents, Eugene and Griselda Johnson, as part of the early waves of the Great Migration. He attended Hartford's public schools, graduating from Weaver High School in 1939 and earning the lifelong nickname "Spike" on the baseball diamond. He served as a dental technician in the US Army from 1943 to 1946, attended University of Hartford, Hillyer College, and trained at the American Bankers Association, American Institute of Banking. Since high school, Johnson had worked as a messenger for the Harfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut House Of Representatives
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits in the United States, term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. History The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, Wethersfield, Connecticut, Wethersfield, and Windsor, Connecticut, Windsor). The Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
