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John Bennett Johnston, Jr. (born June 10, 1932), usually known as J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., is an American lobbyist and a Democrat who represented Louisiana in the United States Senate from 1972 to 1997. ==Early life== Johnston was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to the attorney John Bennett Johnston, Sr. (1894–1977),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Bennett Johnston, Sr )〕 and the former Wilma Lyon (1904–1996). Johnston attended the private elementary and junior high Southfield School in the South Highlands neighborhood of Shreveport. He was inducted into the Southfield Hall of Fame in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southfield Hall of Fame )〕 After Southfield, Johnston graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=C. E. Byrd High School Collection )〕 He attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. In 1956, Johnston graduated from Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He was admitted to the bar that same year.〔 He served in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General Corps in Germany from 1956 to 1959.〔 In 1964, Johnston was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, along with two Republicans, Morley A. Hudson and Taylor W. O'Hearn, and two other Democrats from Caddo Parish, Algie D. Brown and Frank Fulco. Hudson and O'Hearn were the first Republicans to serve in the legislature since Reconstruction. In 1966, Johnston hired Ralph Perlman, a business graduate of Columbia University in New York City, to the legislative staff. Soon Governor John McKeithen elevated Perlman to the position of state budget director, a role which he filled from 1967 to 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ralph Perlman )〕 In 1968, Johnston was elected at-large to the Louisiana State Senate, along with fellow Democrats Jackson B. Davis and Joe LeSage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOUISIANA SENATE 1880 - 2008 )〕 One of the candidates that he defeated was the Republican Tom Stagg, later a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreveport. Under senatorial courtesy, Johnston could have blocked Stagg's confirmation but did not do so. In 1971, Johnston ran for governor of Louisiana and lost narrowly to Edwin Washington Edwards in the Democratic runoff election. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Bennett Johnston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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