Henry S. Johnson

Henry Satterwhite Johnson (July 10, 1900 – May 23, 1951) was an American educator and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1942 to 1948.

Early life and education Born in 1900 in Hylas in Goochland County's Dover District to the former Lelia Sattherwhite and her long-lived farmer husband Charles Evander Johnson (1849–1948). While his mother's family had long lived in Goochland County, his father moved there from nearby Hanover County. Johnson was the youngest of at least nine children burn during his parents' long marriage. After receiving a public education locally, Johnson traveled to Richmond and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond, then a master's degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as well as took courses from the College of William and Mary and New York University. During the 1930s, federal courts were beginning to realize that Black teachers and other professionals were paid less and taught at inferior schools. By 1950, after leaving the legislature as described below, Johnson described his job as public relations for the Medical Society of Virginia, and his obituary the next year listed his title as executive secretary/treasurer.

Death and legacy Johnson died at a Richmond hospital in 1951, at the beginning of Virginia's Massive Resistance crisis, survived by his widow, five sisters and three brothers, and was buried at Berea Baptist Church in Hanover County.