Joshua Leroy Johns (February 27, 1881 – March 16, 1947) was a

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from

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. Johns was born in the town of

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, Wisconsin, on February 27, 1881. He attended the public schools there. He engaged in banking in

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, from 1902 to 1905. He graduated from the law department of the

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, in 1906 and from

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in 1907. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1906 and commenced practice in

, in 1907. He was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1910 and commenced practice in

. He moved to

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, in 1920 and continued the practice of law. He was also interested in various business enterprises. He served as a colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard from 1928 to 1929. Johns was elected as a

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to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943).'Wisconsin Blue Book 1942,' Biographical Sketch of Joshua L. Johns, pg. 22 He represented Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and also served as president of several lumber companies. He died of a heart attack in Green Bay on March 16, 1947. He was interred in Fort Howard Cemetery.

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