Robertson Lee Johnson (September 8, 1930 – November 15, 2009) was an American attorney,
Republican
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Political ideology
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politician, and jurist. He served one term in the
Oregon House of Representatives
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(1966–1968), before being elected twice as the state's
Attorney General
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(May 20, 1969 – Jan. 3, 1977), and a partial term as Judge of the
Oregon Court of Appeals
The Oregon Court of Appeals is the state intermediate appellate court in the US state of Oregon. Part of the Oregon Judicial Department, it has thirteen judges and is located in Salem. Except for death penalty cases, which are reserved to the O ...
(1977–78), resigning to head Governor Vic Atiyeh's executive staff. He sat as an Oregon Circuit Court Judge for
Multnomah County
Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver– Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thou ...
from 1983 until his retirement in 1995.
Johnson's 1968 election as Oregon Attorney General was challenged in the courts by his opponent, incumbent Robert Y. Thornton, who accused Johnson of violating the state's Corrupt Practices Act. The election results were overturned by a Marion County court, but the
Oregon Supreme Court
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Robertson retired to a ranch in
Palm Springs, California
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