About Lee Johnson
Lived 1930 – 2009 (aged 79). Lee Johnson was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
Robertson Lee Johnson (September 8, 1930 – November 15, 2009) was an American attorney, Republican politician, and jurist. He served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives (1966–1968), before being elected twice as the state's Attorney General (May 20, 1969 – Jan. 3, 1977), and a partial term as Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals (1977–78), resigning to head Governor Vic Atiyeh's executive staff.
Robertson retired to a ranch in Palm Springs, California, where he died of heart disease in 2009.
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Who was Lee Johnson?
American politician
When was Lee Johnson born?
Lee Johnson was born on 8 September 1930 in Portland.
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Lee Johnson died on 15 November 2009 in Palm Springs, California.
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Lee Johnson was a lawyer, politician and judge.
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Lee Johnson was American.
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