Eddie Bernice Johnson

Eddie Bernice Johnson
Official portrait, 2005
Chair of the House Science Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byLamar Smith
Succeeded byFrank Lucas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 30th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJasmine Crockett
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 13, 1987 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byOscar Mauzy
Succeeded byRoyce West
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 33rd district
In office
January 9, 1973 – September 30, 1977
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byLanell Cofer
Personal details
Born(1934-12-03)December 3, 1934
Waco, Texas, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 2023(2023-12-31) (aged 89)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeTexas State Cemetery
Austin, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Lacey Johnson
(m. 1956; div. 1970)
Children1
EducationSt Mary's College, Indiana
Texas Christian University (BS)
Southern Methodist University (MPA)

Eddie Bernice Johnson (December 3, 1934 – December 31, 2023) was an American politician who represented Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2023. Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party.

Johnson was elected to the House in 1992, becoming the first registered nurse in Congress. At the swearing-in of the 116th United States Congress, she became dean of Texas's congressional delegation. Upon Representative Don Young's death in March 2022, Johnson became the oldest member of the House of Representatives. She retired at the end of the 117th Congress.[1]

Johnson also served in the Texas House of Representatives, where she was elected in 1972 in a landslide, the first black woman to win electoral office from Dallas. She also served three terms in the Texas Senate.

  1. ^ "Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson says she'll run for one final term". Roll Call. October 9, 2019. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2021.