Photo Credit: Harris & Ewing/ Library of Congress

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Louis Arthur Johnson

BORN:
January 10, 1891
Roanoke, Virginia

DIED:
April 24, 1966 (age 75)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
University of Virginia (LLB, 1912)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1912:
Moved to Clarksburg, WV
Began Practicing Law
1932-1937:
National Commander of the American Legion
1937-1940:
U.S. Assistant Secretary of War
1949-1950:
U.S. Secretary of Defense

PORTRAIT:

Photo Credit: Jack Delano/ Library of Congress

RESOURCES:

4/6/1949: President Harry S. Truman (right) with Louis Johnson (left) and General Harry Vaughan(behind Truman and Johnson, center). Photo Credit: National Park Service/ Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

BIOGRAPHIES:
Department of Defense
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
University of Virginia