[2] His regiment did not see any combat, remaining in Tampa, Florida, and later Huntsville, Alabama, for the majority of the war.

[3] Educated in local schools, Johnson was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1903, and began a private practice in Live Oak.

He was simultaneously elected to the Florida Senate, representing District 27, which encompassed Suwanee County.

[5] While in the senate, Johnson opposed legislature regulating child labor, and, as a fervent Methodist, he was a supporter of women's suffrage.

Johnson did not seek reelection to either the senate or the mayoral office in 1922, opting to return to private practice.