James Martin Johnston (December 8, 1895 – December 28, 1967) was the co-owner of the Washington Senators of the

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ...

with

James Lemon James Hanson Lemon Sr. (May 14, 1903 – July 20, 1977) was an investment banker from Washington, D.C. He is best known as the co-owner of the Washington Senators of the American League with James Johnston from through , and the principal owner ...

from until his death in . In 1963, Johnston and Lemon purchased the franchise from

Elwood Richard Quesada Elwood Richard Quesada, Order of the Bath, CB, CBE (April 13, 1904 – February 9, 1993), List of aviators by nickname#P, nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air Force General officer, Lt. General, FAA administrator, and, later, a club owner in ...

. His estate and James Lemon sold the team to a group of Minnesota buyers in 1968. Johnston, who attended UNC Chapel Hill from 1913 to 1915, posthumously set up one of the university's largest need-based scholarship funds, now known as the James M. Johnston Trust for Charitable and Educational Purposes. Johnston died in 1967 in Washington of cancer."Johnston, Nats Presidents, Dies", ''Harrisonburg Daily News Record'', Friday, December 29, 1967, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

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