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Byron L. Johnson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromColorado's2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | William S. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dominick |
| Member of theColorado House of Representatives | |
| In office 1955-1956 | |
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| Born | Byron Lindbergh Johnson (1917-10-12)October 12, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2000(2000-01-06) (aged 82) Englewood, Colorado, U.S. |
| Resting place | Fairmount Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Economist |
Byron Lindberg Johnson (October 12, 1917 – January 6, 2000) was an American educator,economist and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromColorado from 1959 to 1961.
Born inChicago,Illinois, all four of Johnson's grandparents wereSwedish immigrants.[1] He graduated from Oconomowoc High School,Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in 1933.[2] He earned hisB.A. atUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison in 1938, and completed hisM.A. (1940) andPh.D. (1947) at University of Wisconsin–Madison as well. He married Catherine (Kay) Teter, ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin, in October, 1938.
Johnson was an economist for the Wisconsin State Board of Health from 1938 to 1942. He served as staff member on the U.S. Bureau of Budget from 1942 to 1944, and of theSocial Security Administration inWashington, D.C. from 1944 to 1947. He was a professor at theUniversity of Denver from 1947 to 1956.
Johnson was a co-founder and organizer of the Mile High Housing Association, a cooperative-housing membership group that acquired land and built 32 homes on South Dahlia Lane, inArapahoe County just southeast of Denver. The cooperative was launched by faculty members at the University of Denver who at the time lived in temporary postwar housing (mainly butler huts) and wanted something better. Johnson and his family moved into their home in February 1951. South Dahlia Lane's 32 homes were designed by architectEugene Sternberg, whose South Dahlia Lane home was next door to Johnson's. Sternberg's designs were influenced byFrank Lloyd Wright; Wright'sPope-Leighey House inVirginia has distinctive elements that re-appear in the Sternberg designs for South Dahlia Lane.
Johnson in 1954 launched and organized a church-sponsored housing project for the elderly, Senior Homes of Colorado. Built on East Kentucky Circle, Senior Homes of Colorado opened its doors to residents in 1958.
Johnson served as member of theColorado House of Representatives from 1955 to 1956. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theEighty-fifth Congress in 1956. He served as assistant toGov. Steve McNichols of Colorado from 1957 to 1958.
Johnson was elected as aDemocrat to theEighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961). He servedColorado's Second Congressional District, which at the time comprised all of northeastern Colorado except for theCity and County of Denver. Johnson was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theEighty-seventh Congress in 1960.
He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Conventions of 1960 and 1968. He served in theU.S. Agency for International Development, 1961 to 1964, and was appointed consultant forInternational Cooperation Administration from 1964 to 1965.
Johnson was appointed professor,University of Colorado, in 1965, the position he held until his retirement. He was elected to theUniversity of Colorado Board of Regents in 1970, for a six-year term, and re-elected in 1976. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theNinety-third Congress in 1972. He served as member of the board of theRegional Transportation District,Denver, Colorado from 1982 to 1984; he was its vice chairman in 1983, and its chairman in 1984.
Upon retirement, Johnson wasprofessor emeritus at the University of Colorado.
He died on January 6, 2000, inEnglewood, Colorado and was buried atFairmount Cemetery in Denver.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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