page_title: Sam Johnson
section_title: U.S. House of Representatives
hierarchical_section_title: Sam Johnson / Post-military career in Texas / U.S. House of Representatives
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo by Tom Williams Cong Sam Johnson greets Col. Ollie North (Ret.) as they pass behind stage at the leading conservative convention, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Johnson discussed the war on terror before the group of nearly a thousand grass-roots activists of all ages from all across America. North spoke on the panel following Johnson. To learn more about CPAC, visit www.conservative.org
context_page_description: Samuel Robert Johnson was an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district in Congress from 1991 to 2019. He was a member of the Republican Party. In October and November 2015, he was the acting Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, where he also served as chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee.
  Johnson was also a United States Air Force colonel and was a decorated fighter pilot in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War where in the latter he was an American prisoner of war in North Vietnam for nearly seven years. On January 6, 2017, Johnson announced he would not run for reelection in 2018. After the death of Louise Slaughter in March 2018, he became the oldest sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was the last Korean War veteran to serve in Congress.
context_section_description: On May 8, 1991, he was elected to the U.S. House in a special election brought about by eight-year incumbent Steve Bartlett's resignation to become mayor of Dallas. Johnson defeated fellow conservative Republican Thomas Pauken, also of Dallas, 24,004 (52.6 percent) to 21,647 (47.4 percent).
caption: Johnson greeting Oliver North in 2006
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