| Luther Alexander Johnson | |
| Image Name: | Alabama Democrat. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. A new informal picture of Rep. Luther Johnson, democrat (...) Alabama LCCN2016876552 (cropped).jpg |
| Caption: | Johnson in 1941. |
| Judge of the United States Tax Court | |
| Term Start: | 1946 |
| Term End: | 1956 |
| State2: | Texas |
| District2: | 6th |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1923 |
| Term End2: | July 17, 1946 |
| Predecessor2: | Rufus Hardy |
| Successor2: | Olin E. Teague |
| Title3: | District Attorney Texas 13th Judicial District |
| Term Start3: | 1904 |
| Term End3: | 1910 |
| Title4: | County Attorney Navarro County |
| Term Start4: | 1898 |
| Term End4: | 1902 |
| Birth Date: | October 29, 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Corsicana, Texas, US |
| Death Place: | Corsicana, Texas, US |
| Restingplace: | Oakwood Cemetery |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Turner Read |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Cumberland University |
| Profession: | Attorney |
Luther Alexander Johnson (October 29, 1875 – June 6, 1965) was a United States Congressman from the U.S. state of Texas.
Luther was born in Corsicana, Texas, where he attended the public schools. He received his L.L.B. in 1896 from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, and was admitted to the Bar the same year.[1] He commenced practice in Corsicana and was attorney for Central Texas Grocery Company and The Royall Coffee Company.[1]
He was a prosecuting attorney of Navarro County from 1898 to 1902 and district attorney of the thirteenth judicial district of Texas from 1904 to 1910.
He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916 and as chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1920. Johnson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation on July 17, 1946.
A confidential 1943 analysis of the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Isaiah Berlin for the British Foreign Office described Johnson as[2]
In his legislative role Johnson was most famous for his part in the passage of the Radio Act of 1927, stating that
Johnson was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to be a judge of the United States Tax Court, holding this office from July 1946 until his retirement in September 1956. He returned to Corsicana until his death there on June 6, 1965. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
Luther Alexander Johnson married Turner Read on July 19, 1899.[3] The couple had two children. He became a ruling Elder in the Westminster Presbyterian Church (USA),[4] where the couple had lifelong membership.