district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party term_end office state_house birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
23rd mckean county leon gavin charles smith charles smith joseph ammerman kenneth lee charles smith 1 september 1998 smethport , pennsylvania boca raton , florida republican january 30 , 1954 april 1 , 1963 3 , 1977 april 1 , 1963 november republican leader of the pennsylvania house of representatives pennsylvania april 17 , 1906 november 6 , 1953 january 6 , 1947 5 , 1963 january 1 , 1957 january albert w. johnson
 pennsylvania albert w. johnson university of pennsylvania , stetson university
albert w. johnson

albert walter johnson -lrb- april 17 , 1906 -- september 1 , 1998 -rrb- was a republican member of the u.s. house of representatives from pennsylvania .
albert w. johnson was born in smethport , pennsylvania .
he attended the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania from 1926 to 1929 .
he was a member of the smethport borough council from 1933 to 1934 .
he received his ll.b .
from the john b. stetson university law school in deland , fl , in 1938 .
he became a member of the pennsylvania state house of representatives from 1947 to 1963 and served as majority whip in the 1951 session , and minority whip in the 1955 session .
he was the majority leader in the 1953 , 1957 , and 1963 sessions , and the minority leader in the 1959 and 1961 sessions .
he was elected as a republican to the 88th congress , by special election , to fill the vacancy caused by the death of united states representative leon gavin , and was reelected to the six succeeding congresses .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 .
johnson died from pneumonia at the age of 92 .
