About: Joshua L. Johns

Joshua Leroy Johns (February 27, 1881 – March 16, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Johns was born in the town of Eagle, Wisconsin, on February 27, 1881. He attended the public schools there. He engaged in banking in Richland Center, Wisconsin, from 1902 to 1905. He graduated from the law department of the University of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1906 and from Yale University in 1907. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1907. He was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1920 and continued the practice of law. He was also interested in various business enterprises. He served as a colonel in the Wisconsin National G