Thomas W. Johnson (born April 14, 1949) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

from 1977 to 1999. Johnson began his career in the House in 1977 and served 22 years, representing Southeast Ohio. He served as House Finance and Appropriations Chair. In 1999, he resigned to serve as Director of the Office of Budget and Management in the cabinet of Governor

Bob Taft Robert Alphonso Taft III (born January 8, 1942) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 67th governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Taft family, Taft political dynasty and Republican Party (United States), Republic ...

. In 2006, he was appointed Executive-in-Residence of the John Glenn School Public Affairs at The Ohio State University and served as Assistant Vice-President of Financial Services before leaving the University. Johnson was appointed to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) by Governor John Kasich in April 2014. Johnson served as PUCO Chairman for the first year of his term, and presently, he serves as a Commissioner. His PUCO term ends April 2019.

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1949 births Living people Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Ohio State University faculty 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{Ohio-OHRepresentative-stub