Joseph H. Johnson Jr. (June 16, 1871 – March 7, 1942) was an American state official. He was
New York City Fire Commissioner
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from 1911 to 1913. He was chief of the
New York City Transit Authority
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. By 1918 he was deputy
New York City Comptroller
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. He served as chief of the
New York Public Service Commission
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in 1921.
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Biography
Johnson was born on June 16, 1871, in Griffin, Georgia, to Joseph H. Johnson Sr. and Sarah E. Beeks. He first worked as a newspaper man.[
Johnson was appointed the 8th ]New York City Fire Commissioner
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by Mayor William Jay Gaynor
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on June 1, 1911, and served in that position until the end of the term of Mayor Ardolph L. Kline in 1913.[
Johnson was deputy ]New York City Comptroller
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and he took a leave of absence
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in 1918, when the United States entered World War I
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, to temporarily join the American Red Cross
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Johnson was appointed as chief of the ]Commissioner of Public Works
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in 1921 replacing Clarence Fay.
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1871 births
1941 deaths
Executives of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department
New York City comptrollers
New York Public Service Commission