Calvin D. Johnson

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Calvin Dean Johnson (November 22, 1898 - October 13, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Fordsville, Kentucky, Johnson moved with his parents to St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1904, and attended public schools. He engaged in the general contracting business 1922-1944. He served as member of the St. Clair County School Board from 1926 to 1928. He served as member of the St. Clair County, Illinois, Board of Supervisors 1930-1934. He served in the State house of representatives 1935-1941.

Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress and for election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. Executive assistant to vice president of Remington-Rand, Inc., in Washington, D.C. from 1952 to 1968. He engaged in public relations. He was a resident of Belleville, Illinois, until his death there on October 13, 1985.