Bob Johnson (politician)
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Bob Johnson is a member of the Arkansas State Senate. He is President Pro Tempore of the Senate for the 87th General Assembly. He is a member of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs, as well as the Joint Budget Committee, the Joint Performance Review Committee and the Senate Efficiency Committee.
Senator Johnson is 12th in seniority in the 35-member Senate.
His church affiliation is Baptist.
He served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives, from 1995 through 2000. He was Speaker of the House in 1999 and 2000. He was 35 when he was elected Speaker, and at that time he was the youngest man in Arkansas history to ever serve as Speaker of the House. Johnson is one of a handful of Arkansas legislators who have served both as Speaker of the House and as President Pro Tem of the Senate. As President Pro Tem, he is in line to be acting governor when both the governor and the lieutenant governor are out of the state.
Senator Johnson lives in Bigelow. He represents Senate District 18, which comprises Conway, Perry and Van Buren Counties and parts of Cleburne, Faulkner, Pope and Saline Counties.
Senator Johnson was born was born October 23, 1962 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a graduate of Bigelow High School and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and Little Rock campuses.
Senator Johnson is 12th in seniority in the 35-member Senate.
His church affiliation is Baptist.
He served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives, from 1995 through 2000. He was Speaker of the House in 1999 and 2000. He was 35 when he was elected Speaker, and at that time he was the youngest man in Arkansas history to ever serve as Speaker of the House. Johnson is one of a handful of Arkansas legislators who have served both as Speaker of the House and as President Pro Tem of the Senate. As President Pro Tem, he is in line to be acting governor when both the governor and the lieutenant governor are out of the state.
Senator Johnson lives in Bigelow. He represents Senate District 18, which comprises Conway, Perry and Van Buren Counties and parts of Cleburne, Faulkner, Pope and Saline Counties.
Senator Johnson was born was born October 23, 1962 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a graduate of Bigelow High School and has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and Little Rock campuses.