Elias Finley Johnson (24 June 1861 – 1 August 1933) was an American politician, professor, surveyor, author, jurist, statesman, lawyer and judge.

He served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from October 3, 1903 until his resignation on April 1, 1933.

[5][6] He was the longest-serving Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; he served for 29 years and 52 days.

He became a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan He served from 1898 until resigning in 1901 to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

[9][10] Johnson together with his colleague and former associate justice George A. Malcolm was greatly influenced by judge Thomas M. Cooley, which also helped to establish the Constitution Law curriculum.

In the spring of 1898, Governor John Treadway Rich appointed him to became a member of the State Board of Education of Michigan to fill out the vacancy.

[17] Johnson also become a professor of Law at the University of the Philippines, and a member of the Board of Regents at the same school.

Johnson resigned as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan to accept this promotion.

[11] In 1884, Johnson married an Van Wert native Clara Annis Smith, They had two children, Eva and Cecil.