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'''James Douglas Johnson''' (1924-2010) was a [[Democratic]] politician from the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]], who was known as "Justice Jim" from his service on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1959 to 1966. He resigned from the court to run unsuccessfully for governor in 1966, when he lost the [[general election]] to [[Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]. Johnson was the first Democratic nominee since [[Reconstruction]] to lose a race for governor of Arkansas.
| image =
| name=James Douglas Johnson
| office=Associate justice of the [[Arkansas Supreme Court]]
| term_start=1959
| term_end=1966
| office2=Arkansas State Senator
| term_start2=1951
| term_end2=1957
| birth_date=August 20, 1924
| birth_place=Crossett, Ashley County]]<br>[[Arkansas]], USA
| death_date=February 13, 2010 (aged 85)
| death_place=Conway, Faulkner County<br>Arkansas
| occupation= [[Attorney]]
| party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] 1950–1980; [[Independent voter|Independent]] 1980–1983; [[Republican Party|Republican]] 1983–2010
|spouse=Virginia Lillian Morris Johnson (married 1947–2007, her death)
|children= Mark Johnson<br/>John David Johnson<br/>Joseph Daniel Johnson
}}
'''James Douglas Johnson''' (August 20, 1924; February &ndash February 13, 2010) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native U.S. state of [[Arkansas]], who was known as "Justice Jim" from his service on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1959 to 1966. He resigned from the court to run unsuccessfully for governor in 1966, when he lost the [[general election]] to [[Republican Party|Republcian]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]. Johnson was the first Democratic nominee since [[Reconstruction]] to lose a race for governor of Arkansas.
A native of Crossett in Ashley County in south Arkansas, Johnson resided for most of his life in Conway in Faulkner County near [[Little Rock]].He served in the Arkansas State Senate from 1951 to 1957. In 1956, he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, having lost to the incumbent [[Orval E. Faubus]]. He was a strong opponent of racial integration of public schools, a position that he maintained for his entire life, long after segregation had lost political support in the South and came to an end.
A native of Crossett in Ashley County in south Arkansas, Johnson resided for most of his life in Conway in Faulkner County near [[Little Rock]]. He served in the Arkansas State Senate from 1951 to 1957. In 1956, he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, having lost to the incumbent [[Orval E. Faubus]]. He was a strong opponent of racial integration of public schools, a position that he maintained for his entire life, long after segregation had lost political support in the South and came to an end.
In 1968, Johnson ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the [[United States Senate]], having been defeated by the incumbent [[J. William Fulbright]]. That same year, Johnson's wife, the former Virginia Lillian Morris (1928-2007), who was his legal secretary, failed in a bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, having been defeated by Marion H. Crank of Foreman in Little River County in southwestern Arkansas. In 1968, the Johnsons supported the [[George Wallace]] presidential campaign, which won the [[electoral vote]]s of Arkansas.
In 1968, Johnson ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the [[United States Senate]], having been defeated by the incumbent [[J. William Fulbright]]. That same year, Johnson's wife, the former Virginia Lillian Morris (1928-2007), who was his legal secretary, failed in a bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, having been defeated by Marion H. Crank of Foreman in Little River County in southwestern Arkansas. In 1968, the Johnsons supported the [[George Wallace]] presidential campaign, which won the [[electoral vote]]s of Arkansas.
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