Bob Johnson (Arkansas state senator)

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Bob Johnson

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| office = President pro tempore of the
Arkansas Senate

| term_start = January 12, 2009

| term_end = January 10, 2011

| preceded = Jack Critcher

| succeeded = Paul Bookout

| office1 = Member of the Arkansas Senate

| term_start1 =January 8, 2001

| term_end1 =January 10, 2011

| preceded1 =Allen Gordon

| succeeded1 =Jason Rapert

| constituency1 = 25th district (2001–2003)
18th district (2003–2011)

| office2=80th Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| term_start2 = January 11, 1999

| term_end2 = January 8, 2001

| predecessor2 =Bobby Hogue

| successor2 = Shane Broadway

| state_house3 =Arkansas

| district3 =31st

| term_start3 =January 9, 1995

| term_end3 =January 8, 2001

| preceded3 =Armil O. Curran

| succeeded3 =Charles L. Ormond

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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1962|10|23}}

| birth_place =Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

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| party=Democratic

| alma_mater=Bigelow High School
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Bob Johnson (born October 23, 1962) is a Democratic former member of the Arkansas Senate and of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He was President Pro Tempore of the Senate for the 87th General Assembly session from 2009 to 2011.{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Bob_Johnson|title=Bob Johnson|work=Ballotpedia|accessdate=10 January 2014}}

Background

Johnson was born in the state capital, Little Rock. He is a graduate of Bigelow High School and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

He resides in Bigelow in Perry County with his wife and three children. He is a partner with his two brothers in several family businesses, including construction. His church affiliation is Baptist.

Political career

He served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1995 through 2000. He was House Speaker in 1999 and 2000. Thirty-five at the time he became Speaker, he was then youngest man in Arkansas history to hold that position. Johnson is one of a handful of Arkansas legislators who have served both as Speaker of the House and as President Pro Tem of the Senate.

Johnson served in the Senate from 2001 to 2011, when he retired because of term limits. He represented Senate District 18, which comprises Conway, Perry, and Van Buren counties and portions of Cleburne, Faulkner, Pope, and Saline counties. As Senate President Pro Tem, he was in line to be acting governor when both the governor and the lieutenant governor are out of the state at the same time. He was a member of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs, as well as the Joint Budget Committee, the Joint Performance Review Committee and the Senate Efficiency Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=B.%20Johnson|title=Senator Bob Johnson (D)|work=Arkansas State Legislature|accessdate=10 January 2014}}

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References

External links

[http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Pages/MemberProfile.aspx?member=B.%20Johnson Arkansas Senate page]

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