Joseph Pickett Johnson Jr. (December 12, 1931 – August 5, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician of the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1966 to 1969, and again from 1990 until 2014. He represented the 4th district in the southwest part of the state, including the

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and parts of

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and Washington Counties from 1992 to 2014.House of Delegates bio, 2008 Johnson ran unsuccessfully for the

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in 1968, losing the 9th congressional district race to the

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incumbent,

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. Johnson announced that he would not run for reelection in 2013.

Personal life

Johnson was married to the former Mary Ann Allison for 64 years, until her death on July 19, 2022. They had three children: Mary Jo (Neal), Joseph Pickett III, and Sage. Johnson died on August 5, 2022, aged 90, less than three weeks after his wife; six grandchildren: Mary Lewis Huffman (Neal), Ashley Brooke Hemmer (Johnson), Mary Catherine Clark (Johnson), Joseph Zachary Johnson, Finn Alexander Johnson, William Pickett Johnson; and three great grandchildren: Emma Grace Clark, Isley Ann Clark and Joseph Beckett Johnson.

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