Representative Joshua Leroy Johns

Joshua Leroy Johns served as a Representative from Wisconsin in the United States Congress from 1939 to 1943. A member of the Republican Party, Joshua Leroy Johns contributed to the legislative process during 2 terms in office.

Joshua Leroy Johns’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Joshua Leroy Johns participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Joshua Leroy Johns (February 27, 1881 – March 16, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Johns was born in the town of Eagle, Wisconsin, on February 27, 1881. He attended the public schools there. He engaged in banking in Richland Center, Wisconsin, from 1902 to 1905. He graduated from the law department of the University of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1906 and from Yale University in 1907. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1907. He was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, 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 Republican to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943). 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.