Henry Viley Johnson (August 6, 1852 – June 29, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the Mayor of Denver from 1899 to 1901.

[1][2][3] Johnson was born in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1852 and earned degrees from Georgetown College and the University of Kentucky.

[4] He moved to Denver in 1886 and worked as a lawyer.

[4] Johnson was the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado from 1893 to 1897,[5] and later served as the Mayor of Denver from April 1899 to April 1901.

[4] Johnson was married and had four children;[6] Johnson, who was a cousin of Tom L. Johnson, Mayor of Cleveland,[10] died in Denver in 1931 after contracting pneumonia.