Joshua L. Johns

Who was Joshua L. Johns?

Joshua Leroy Johns was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in the town of Eagle, Wisconsin, Johns attended the public schools. He engaged in banking in Richland Center, Wisconsin from 1902 to 1905. He was 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 colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard from 1928 to 1929.

Johns was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses. 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 in Green Bay on March 16, 1947. He was interred in Fort Howard Cemetery.