Charles A. Johns

Charles A. Johns (June 25, 1857 – January 11, 1932) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as the 47th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.

Johns also served as mayor of Baker City in Eastern Oregon and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines while that archipelago was under U.S. jurisdiction.

[1][3] He was also a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Oregon Governor Theodore Thurston Geer.

[4][5] Johns then won election to a full six-year term that same year, but resigned on October 7, 1921,[4] following his appointment to the Supreme Court of the Philippines[1] by U.S. President Warren G.

[2] Johns served on the Philippine court until dying in office on January 11, 1932, at the age of 74.