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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
October 30, 1991 – July 23, 1999
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
October 1, 1981 – October 30, 1991
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byEdward Earl Carnes
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
June 21, 1979 – October 1, 1981
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office
June 29, 1966 – June 21, 1979
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRobert Edward Varner
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office
October 22, 1955 – June 21, 1979
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byCharles Brents Kennamer
Succeeded byMyron H. Thompson
Personal details
Born
Frank Minis Johnson Jr.

(1918-10-30)October 30, 1918
Haleyville, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJuly 23, 1999(1999-07-23) (aged 80)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Ruth Jenkins
(m. 1938)
EducationUniversity of Alabama (LLB)

Frank Minis Johnson Jr. (October 30, 1918 – July 23, 1999) was a United States district judge and United States circuit judge serving 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He made landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South. In the words of journalist and historian Bill Moyers, Judge Johnson "altered forever the face of the South."

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