Sam Johnson (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Texas (3)
- Birth Date: Oct. 11, 1930
- Occupation: Home Builder
- Religion: Methodist
- Web site: http://www.samjohnson.house.gov/
Education
- George Washington University, MA
- Southern Methodist University, BA
Sam Johnson was born in San Antonio and lives in Plano.
He grew up in Dallas and attended Woodrow Wilson High School. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in business and earned a master's degree in international affairs from George Washington University in 1974.
He served as a fighter pilot in Korea and Vietnam. He was shot down over North Vietnam in 1966 and was a POW in Hanoi for seven years.
During his 29 years in the U.S. Air Force he served as director of the Air Force Fighter Weapons School. He has been awarded two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, four Air Medals, two Purple Hearts and three Outstanding Unit Awards.
After retiring from the Air Force in 1979, he started a home building company. He served in the Texas House of Representatives, 1985-1991.
He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1991.
Johnson and his wife, Shirley L. Melton, have three children.
