SRES159119th Congress

A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable John Bennett Johnston, Jr., former Senator for the State of Louisiana.

Sponsored By: Senator Bill Cassidy

Passed Senate

Summary

Honors the life and public service of John Bennett Johnston Jr., a Louisiana leader who served in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997. Born June 10, 1932, in Shreveport, he attended C. E. Byrd High School, Washington and Lee University, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and LSU Law, graduating with distinction and joining the Order of the Coif in 1956. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in Germany from 1956 to 1959. Johnston served in the Louisiana House and State Senate before his long Senate career, where he chaired the Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 1987 to 1995 and helped shape national energy policy, flood control, hurricane protection, offshore oil and gas expansion, and natural gas deregulation. He championed conservation, helped preserve more than 120,000 acres of Louisiana inland wetlands, and helped establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. Johnston lived to age 92 and is remembered for integrity, distinction, and committed public service.

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Bill Cassidy

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