Lee Johnson (Oregon judge)

{{Short description|American politician (1930–2009)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lee Johnson

| image = Lee Johnson.jpg

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| office = 9th Oregon Attorney General

| termstart = May 20, 1969

| termend = January 3, 1977

| nominator =

| appointer =

| governor = Tom McCall
Robert W. Straub

| predecessor = Robert Y. Thornton

| successor = James A. Redden

| office2 = Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals

| constituency2 =

| termstart2 = 1979

| termend2 = 1980

| nominator2 =

| appointer2 =

| predecessor2 = William S. Fort

| successor2 = J. R. Campbell

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|9|8}}

| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|11|15|1930|09|08}}

| death_place = Palm Springs, California, U.S.

| party = Republican

| spouse =

}}

Robertson Lee Johnson (September 8, 1930 – November 15, 2009)http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Ralph+M.+Holman+oregon#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbs=bks:1&q=Lee+Johnson+Oregon+appeals+born&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=cf297c387f48b1e7 was an American attorney, Republican politician, and jurist. He served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives (1966–1968),{{cite news

|last=Landauer |first=Robert |title=Lee Johnson's career leaves many monuments

|work=The Oregonian |pages=F3 |date=December 24, 1995}} before being elected twice as the state's Attorney General (May 20, 1969 – Jan. 3, 1977),{{cite web

|title=Oregon Department of Justice - Agency History |work=Oregon Blue Book (Online) |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |year=1995 |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/7589723 |accessdate=2006-12-08}}

and a partial term as Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals (1977–78),{{cite web |last=Kestenbaum |first=Lawrence |title=Index to Politicians: Johnson, K to N |work=Political Graveyard |publisher=Lawrence Kestenbaum |year=2006 |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html

|accessdate=2006-12-08}} resigning to head Governor Vic Atiyeh's executive staff. He sat as an Oregon Circuit Court Judge for Multnomah County from 1983 until his retirement in 1995.

Johnson's 1968 election as Oregon Attorney General was challenged in the courts by his opponent, incumbent Robert Y. Thornton, who accused Johnson of violating the state's Corrupt Practices Act. The election results were overturned by a Marion County court, but the Oregon Supreme Court reversed the decision. Johnson's inauguration was delayed nearly six months pending the decision, while Thornton remained in office.{{cite web

|title=In memoriam: Robert Y. Thornton |work=Oregon State Bar Bulletin (Online) |publisher=Oregon State Bar |date=January 2001

|url=http://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/04jan/obits.html |accessdate=2006-12-08}}

Robertson retired to a ranch in Palm Springs, California, where he died of heart disease in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/robertson-lee-johnson-%E2%80%9953|title=Robertson Lee Johnson '53|publisher=Princeton Alumni Weekly|date=April 28, 2010|accessdate=February 21, 2021}}