Hank Johnson

A Representative from Georgia; born in Washington, D.C., October 2, 1954; B.A., Clark College (Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta, Ga., 1976; J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex., 1979; lawyer, private practice; DeKalb County, Ga., board of commissioners, 2001-2006; judge, magistrate court, 1989-2001; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2009 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present).