William Richard Johnson (May 15, 1875 – January 2, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

He served from 1890 to 1894 as an apprentice and from 1894 to 1899 as a locomotive blacksmith in the Illinois Central Railroad shops at Freeport.

He was appointed superintendent of the folding room of the House of Representatives on June 18, 1919, and served until March 3, 1925, when he resigned.

He returned to Freeport, Illinois, where he died of congestive heart failure on January 2, 1938.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress