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1926
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Jennings Bryan Johnson, LL.B.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Φ.Δ.Φ., Τ.Κ.Α., Speakers Bureau, Debating Team.
-The Kentuckian, 1926
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Jennings Bryan Johnson, Sr. (April 10, 1897 - July 25, 1978) was born in Meadow Creek, Kentucky to Arby Burgess Johnson and Cynthia Bryant. Johnson graduated from the Eastern State Teachers College in 1924. Johnson practiced law in Williamsburg. He served one term as city attorney and two terms as Commonwealth's attorney. He later served as a judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit between 1946-1952 and 1958-1964. In addition to his legal career, Johnson wrote a long-running column for the Whitley County Republican and the Corbin Times-Tribune. He married Edna Perkins. Their son, Jennings Bryan Johnson, Jr., graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1961. He practiced law with his father and would later become a judge in the same court as his father.
