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E. Louis Johnson

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ124666546 ↗
Source-derived summary

Edward Louis Johnson (August 8, 1937 – December 19, 2017) was an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1978 to 1995.

Johnson was first elected in 1977 after incumbent representative Charles Wible retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Senate. He did not seek reelection in 1994 and was succeeded by Republican Brian Crall.

He died in December 2017 at age 80.

Editorial summary

“E. Louis Johnson” enters the record as american politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Louis, Johnson and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1937, 2017, 1978, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1937-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Louis, Johnson and American.
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Why this record matters

“E. Louis Johnson” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Louis, Johnson and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q124666546. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1937, 2017, 1978 and 1995.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “E. Louis Johnson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.