Representative Chester Leland Johns View All Years

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Chester Leland Johns

Wapello County

CHESTER LELAND JOHNS, railroad man and legislator, died May 9, 1945, at his home in Ottumwa, Iowa; born June 23, 1887, at West Grove, Iowa, the son of Adam and Ida Jane Johns; had been a resident of Ottumwa 32 years, employed by the Milwaukee railroad during the entire period, five years in the train service and 27 years in the yard service; was elected to the Iowa house of representatives in 1936 and served in the Forty-seventh General Assembly; served as secretary of the state board of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for twelve years, and as legislative representative during that period; was active in municipal affairs, a former member of the manpower committee, the city park board and the Wapello county ration board; a Republican and a member of a number of fraternal orders. Mrs. Johns and a number of children survive him.

House District 18