Leroy Reginald Johnson (July 28, 1928 – October 24, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1975 after winning a seat in the 1962 Georgia General Assembly election.
He served District 38 in Fulton County and Atlanta, a predominantly black senate district created after the elimination of the county-unit system that same year.
[1][2][3] Before his term as senator, Johnson was an attorney where he played a role in Atlanta's civil rights movement of the 1960s.
The position went instead to Maynard Jackson who in turn became Atlanta's first African American mayor.
[2] In 2017, the State Bar of Georgia awarded its highest recognition, The Lifetime Achievement Award, to Johnson during a special ceremony held in February.