Johnnie L. Caldwell

Johnnie L. Caldwell (August 10, 1922 – December 15, 2014) was an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1955 to 1970 and as Georgia state comptroller/insurance commissioner from 1971 to 1985.

Early life and career Caldwell was born in Taylor County, Georgia on August 10, 1922, the son of Johnnie William Caldwell and Mattie Stalnaker Caldwell. During his tenure in the state house, Caldwell was the assistant floor leader for two governors, and was chairman of the Reapportionment Committee which oversaw the redistricting of the state's U.S. congressional and state legislative districts.

In the office of comptroller/commissioner of insurance, he had duties as the state insurance commissioner (supervising the state insurance department) state fire marshal (overseeing the State Fire Marshal's Office), as well as head of the Georgia Industrial Loan Department and the Georgia Comptroller General's Office.

Caldwell was a Baptist. He belonged to Freemason and Shriners organizations.