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Johnson was also a United States Air Force colonel and was a decorated fighter pilot in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War where in the latter he was an American prisoner of war in North Vietnam for nearly seven years. On January 6, 2017, Johnson announced he would not run for reelection in 2018.<ref name=Politicoretire>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After the death of Louise Slaughter in March 2018, he became the oldest sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was the last Korean War veteran to serve in Congress.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Early life and educationEdit
Johnson was born October 11, 1930, in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mima (Nabors) and Samuel Robert Johnson, Jr.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Johnson grew up in Dallas and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947.<ref name="congbio">U.S. Congress.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Sam Johnson</ref> Johnson graduated from his hometown Southern Methodist University in 1951, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration. While at SMU, Johnson joined the Delta Chi social fraternity as well as the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
He attained a master's degree from the Elliott School of International Affairs of the George Washington University in 1976.<ref name="AP">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Military careerEdit
Johnson had a 29-year career in the United States Air Force, where he served as director of the Air Force Fighter Weapons School and flew the F-100 Super Sabre with the Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying demonstration team. He commanded the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing at Homestead AFB, Florida, and an air division at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, retiring as a colonel. One of his classmates in flight school was future astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The two remained lifelong friends.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He was a combat veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars as a fighter pilot. During the Korean War, he flew 62 combat missions in the F-86 Sabre and shot down one Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. During the Vietnam War, Johnson flew the F-4 Phantom II.<ref name=AP/>
POWEdit
On April 16, 1966, while flying his 25th combat mission in Vietnam, he was shot down over North Vietnam and suffered a broken right arm and broken back. He was a prisoner of war for nearly seven years, including 42 months in solitary confinement. During this period, he was repeatedly tortured.<ref name=AP/><ref name=Swartsell/>
Johnson was part of a group of eleven U.S. military prisoners known as the Alcatraz Gang, a group of prisoners separated from other captives for their resistance to their captors. They were held in "Alcatraz", a special facility about one mile away from the Hỏa Lò Prison, notably nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton". Johnson, like the others, was kept in solitary confinement, locked nightly in legcuffs in a windowless 3-by-9-foot concrete cell with the light on around the clock.<ref>Adams, Lorraine. "Perot's Interim Partner Spent 7Template:Frac Years As Pow", Dallas Morning News, March 11, 1992. Accessed July 2, 2008. "He was one of the Alcatraz Gang – a group of 11 prisoners of war who were separated because they were leaders of the prisoners' resistance."</ref><ref name=HonorBound>Rochester, Stuart; and Kiley, Frederick. "Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961–1973", 2007, Naval Institute Press; Template:ISBN, via Google Books, p. 326. Retrieved July 8, 2008.</ref><ref>Stockdale, James B. "George Coker for Beach Schools", letter to The Virginian-Pilot, March 26, 1996.</ref><ref name=" NYT19741208">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="VeteransDayPOW">Template:Cite news</ref> Johnson was released on February 12, 1973, during Operation Homecoming. He recounted the details of his POW experience in his autobiography, Captive Warriors.<ref name=AP/><ref name=Swartsell/> By the time of his release, he weighed only 120 pounds. His right hand was permanently disabled, and he was left with a noticeable limp for the rest of his life.<ref name=WaPoObit/>
In 2018, Johnson donated objects related to his imprisonment to the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web
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Post-military careerEdit
After his military career, he established a homebuilding business in Plano, Texas.
Texas House of RepresentativesEdit
He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1984 and was re-elected three times, serving a total of seven years in the state legislature.<ref name="Swartsell">Template:Cite news</ref>
U.S. House of RepresentativesEdit
On May 8, 1991, he was elected to the U.S. House in a special election brought about by eight-year incumbent Steve Bartlett's resignation to become mayor of Dallas. Johnson defeated fellow conservative Republican Thomas Pauken, also of Dallas, 24,004 (52.6 percent) to 21,647 (47.4 percent).<ref>Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 6th ed., Washington, D.C., 2010, p. 1341</ref>
Selected electionsEdit
2004Edit
Template:See also Johnson ran unopposed by the Republican Party in his district in the 2004 election. Paul Jenkins, an independent, and James Vessels, a member of the Libertarian Party, ran against Johnson. Johnson won overwhelmingly in a highly Republican district. Johnson garnered 86% of the vote (178,099), while Jenkins earned 8% (16,850) and Vessels 6% (13,204).<ref name="Roll Call">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006Edit
Johnson ran for re-election in 2006, defeating his opponent Robert Edward Johnson in the Republican primary, 85 to 15 percent.<ref name="state1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the general election, Johnson faced Democrat Dan Dodd and Libertarian Christopher J. Claytor. Both Dodd and Claytor are West Point graduates. Dodd was a U.S. Air Force officer who served in Vietnam,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while Claytor served in Operation Southern Watch in Kuwait in 1992.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was only the fourth time that Johnson had faced Democratic opposition.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Johnson retained his seat, taking 62.5% of the vote, while Dodd received 34.9% and Claytor received 2.6%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, this was by far less a margin of victory then in past years, when Johnson won by 80 percent or more.<ref name="Roll Call"/>
2008Edit
Johnson retained his seat in the House of Representatives by defeating Democrat Tom Daley and Libertarian nominee Christopher J. Claytor in the 2008 general election. He won with 60 percent of the vote, an unusually low total for such a heavily Republican district.<ref name="state1"/>
2010Edit
Johnson won re-election with 66.3 percent of the vote against Democrat John Lingenfelder (31.3 percent) and Libertarian Christopher Claytor (2.4 percent).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014Edit
Johnson handily won re-nomination to his twelfth full term in the U.S. House in the Republican primary held on March 4. He polled 30,943 votes (80.5 percent); two challengers, Josh Loveless and Harry Pierce, held the remaining combined 19.5 percent of the votes cast.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016Edit
Johnson won reelection to his 13th full term in the general election held on November 8, 2016. With 193,684 votes (61.2 percent), he defeated Democrat Adam P. Bell, who polled 109,420 (34.6 percent). Scott Jameson and Paul Blair, the nominees of the Libertarian and Green parties, polled 10,448 votes (3.3 percent) and 2,915 (0.92 percent), respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018Edit
Three days after being sworn in for his 14th term overall and his 13th full term, Johnson announced he would not run for reelection.<ref name=Politicoretire/>
TenureEdit
In the House, Johnson was an ardent conservative.<ref name=AP/><ref name=Swartsell/> By some views, Johnson had the most conservative record in the House for three consecutive years, opposing pork barrel projects of all kinds, voting for more IRAs and against extending unemployment benefits. The conservative watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste consistently rated him as being friendly to taxpayers. Johnson was a signer of Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge.<ref name ="ATR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Johnson was a member of the conservative Republican Study Committee,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and joined Dan Burton, Ernest Istook, and John Doolittle in refounding it in 1994 after Newt Gingrich pulled its funding.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He alternated as chairman with the other three co-founders in the late 1990s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 1997, Johnson was one of eighteen Republicans in the House to co-sponsor a resolution by Bob Barr that sought to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton.<ref name="pace1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="hutcheson"/> The resolution did not specify any charges or allegations.<ref name="hutcheson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was an early effort to impeach Clinton, predating the eruption of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. The eruption of that scandal would ultimately lead to a more serious effort to impeach Clinton in 1998.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On October 8, 1998, Johnson voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open an impeachment inquiry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On December 19, 1998, Johnson voted in favor of all four proposed articles of impeachment against Clinton (only two of which received the needed majority of votes needed to be adopted).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On the Ways and Means Committee, he was an early advocate and, then, sponsor of the successful repeal in 2000 of the earnings limit for Social Security recipients. He proposed the Good Samaritan Tax Act to allow corporations to take a tax deduction for charitable giving of food. He chaired the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, where he encouraged small business owners to expand their pension and<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> benefits for employees. In December 2016, Johnson introduced H.R. 6489, a bill that would increase Social Security payments to low-income beneficiaries while reducing payments to high-income beneficiaries and would gradually add two years to the minimum age for receiving full retirement payments.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>"H.R.6489: To preserve Social Security for generations to come, reward work, and improve retirement security". United States Congress. December 8, 2016; retrieved December 12, 2016.</ref>
Johnson opposed calls for government intervention in the name of energy reform if such reform would hamper the market and or place undue burdens on individuals seeking to earn decent wages.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He called for allowing additional drilling for oil in Alaska.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
After the death of John McCain, Johnson became the only Vietnam-era prisoner of war serving in Congress.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2017, Johnson signed a letter from Congress (along with 106 other Congress members) to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai supporting his plan to repeal net neutrality ahead of the commission's vote.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Committee assignmentsEdit
- Committee on Ways and Means (Interim Chair)<ref name=Neal>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Subcommittee on Health<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Subcommittee on Social Security (Chairman)<ref name=Neal/>
- Joint Committee on Taxation<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Caucus membershipsEdit
- Immigration Reform Caucus<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- International Conservation Caucus<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Public Pension Reform Caucus
- Republican Study Committee
- Sportsmen's Caucus<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Personal lifeEdit
Johnson was married to Shirley L. Melton of Dallas from 1950 until her death on December 3, 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They had three children and ten grandchildren. Their son Bob predeceased both his parents in 2013.<ref name=AP/>
Johnson died on May 27, 2020, in Plano, Texas, the city where he lived the last years of his life. The cause of death was not disclosed but a former spokesperson had announced it was unrelated to COVID-19.<ref name=WaPoObit>Template:Cite news</ref> He was 89.<ref name=AP/><ref name=Swartsell/> He was buried with full military honors at Restland Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas on June 8.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Johnson was a Methodist.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref> He sat on the board of directors of the Institute in Basic Life Principles.<ref name="NBC 2020" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Awards and decorationsEdit
Johnson's decorations and awards included:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Silver Star citationsEdit
Silver Star for Actions of 16 April 1966<ref name = vasj>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Major Samuel Robert Johnson, United States Air Force, for gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force while serving with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand, Pacific Air Force, in action in Southeast Asia on 16 April 1966. On that date, Major Johnson led a flight of two F-4C Fighter-Bombers on a twilight armed recce mission against a heavily defended target deep within hostile territory. Locating the target despite restricted visibility due to haze and terrain, Major Johnson encountered a curtain of flak as he rolled in for his first strike. Immediately altering his attack, although at a dangerously low altitude, he turned into the very teeth of fire from the menacing guns and continued to press the attack until his aircraft sustained mortal damage, forcing him to eject. This courageous act, attempted in the face of devastating ground fire at minimum altitude and great personal risk, epitomized the finest qualities of a true combat pilot. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, Major Johnson has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
Silver Star for Actions of January 1969<ref name = vasj/>
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Colonel Samuel Robert Johnson, United States Air Force, for gallantry and intrepidity in action in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force during January 1969, while a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam. Ignoring international agreements on treatment of prisoners of war, the enemy resorted to mental and physical cruelties to obtain information, confessions, and propaganda materials. Colonel Johnson resisted their demands by calling upon his deepest inner strengths in a manner which reflected his devotion to duty and great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
Other awards and honorsEdit
- 1990: Johnson was inducted into the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- October 2009: the Congressional Medal of Honor Society awarded Johnson the National Patriot Award, the Society's highest civilian award given to Americans who exemplify patriotism and strive to better the nation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2011: Freedom of Flight award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2014: Portion of U.S Highway 75 between the President George Bush Turnpike and U.S. Highway 380 is renamed as Sam Johnson Highway in his honor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- March 2016: Congressional Patriots Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- April 2016: Patriot Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 2015: Johnson was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.<ref>Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor. These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame. Donning Co. Publishers, 2006. Template:ISBN.</ref>
- 2020: Sam Johnson Elementary School (Prosper ISD – Celina, TX) was named in his honor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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BibliographyEdit
- 1992, Captive Warriors: A Vietnam P.O.W.'s Story; Template:ISBN
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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