Calvin Dean Johnson (November 22, 1898 – October 13, 1985) was a

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from

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Born in

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, Johnson moved with his parents to

St. Clair County, Illinois St. Clair County is the oldest county in Illinois; its western border is formed by the Mississippi River, bordering Missouri. It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois. At the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 257,400 ...

, in 1904, and attended public schools. He engaged in the

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business from 1922 to 1944. He served as member of the St. Clair County School Board from 1926 to 1928. He served as member of the St. Clair County, Illinois,

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from 1930 to 1934. He served in the

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from 1935 to 1941. Johnson was elected as a Republican to the

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(January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the

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and for election in 1946 to the

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. After his Congressional career, he served as executive assistant to vice president of Remington-Rand, Inc., in

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from 1952 to 1968. He engaged in public relations and speaking. He was a resident of Upper Marlboro, Maryland outside of Washington DC, until he moved back to

Belleville, Illinois Belleville is a city and the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois, coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The p ...

before his death there on October 13, 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Calvin Dean 1898 births 1985 deaths People from Belleville, Illinois People from Ohio County, Kentucky Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois 20th-century American politicians