Charles A. Johns

Charles A. Johns (June 25, 1857 – January 11, 1932) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as the 47th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Johns also served as mayor of Baker City in Eastern Oregon and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines while that archipelago was under U.S. jurisdiction.

Early life Charles Johns was born to James McClellan Johns and Elizabeth Ann Darby Johns in Jackson County, Missouri. In 1858, the family immigrated to the Oregon Territory and settled in the Willamette Valley. Johns then won election to a full six-year term that same year, but resigned on October 7, 1921, following his appointment to the Supreme Court of the Philippines by U.S. President Warren G. Harding. In 1924, he served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Philippines. Johns served on the Philippine court until dying in office on January 11, 1932, at the age of 74.