Paul Burney Johnson

Paul Burney Johnson (1880-1943) was born in Hillsboro, Miss., on March 23, 1880. He was the father of Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. His political career started as State court judge in 1907; then he was U.S. Representative from the Mississippi 6th District from 1919-23 and Governor of Mississippi from 1940-43. Paul B. Johnson died on December 26, 1943 at the age of 63 and was interred at City Cemetery in Hattiesburg, Miss. (See also his congressional biography.)

Congressional Biography

JOHNSON, Paul Burney, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Hillsboro, Scott County, Miss., March 23, 1880; attended the public schools, Harpersville College, and Millsaps College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Miss.; judge of the city court in 1907 and 1908; circuit judge of the twelfth judicial district 1910-1919; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922; resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; served as Governor from 1939 until his death at Hattiesburg, Miss., December 26, 1943; interment in the City Cemetery.

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