Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr., Representative for Georgia's 4th Congressional District

Johnson is the representative for Georgia’s 4^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2018.

Photo of Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson [D-GA4]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Johnson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Johnson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Johnson has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 95% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 40% FreedomWorks: 10% The Club for Growth: 10% NumbersUSA: 5% Americans for Prosperity: 2%

Committee Membership

Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Health (14%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) International Affairs (10%) Law (10%) Commerce (7%)

Recent Bills

Some of Johnson’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Johnson’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
Nay	H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48. This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ...
Aye	H.Res. 937: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department ... Dec 1, 2016. Passed 277/139.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
No	H.R. 2218 (112th): Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act Sep 13, 2011. Passed 365/54.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 1363 (112th): Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 Apr 9, 2011. Passed 348/70.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to May 2018, Johnson missed 384 of 8,582 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	21	5.3%	86^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	23	7.3%	90^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	39^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	7	4.7%	64^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	7	2.2%	42^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	7	3.4%	60^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	44^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	18	5.9%	84^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	80^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	10	4.1%	69^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	9	4.6%	66^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	83^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	13	8.6%	89^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	61^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	45^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	16	5.7%	88^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	17	6.9%	88^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	7	3.4%	66^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	12	7.9%	88^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	17	5.7%	79^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	9	5.9%	86^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	79^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	8	3.7%	72^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	8	4.0%	80^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	13	8.8%	90^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	20	9.1%	89^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	6	4.1%	79^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	7	4.9%	79^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	10	4.1%	81^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	7	5.0%	82^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	6	4.4%	61^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	7	3.4%	65^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	63^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	16	7.7%	91^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	5	2.5%	76^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	4	2.4%	55^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	8	6.2%	77^th
2018 Apr-May	77	4	5.2%	74^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. is pronounced:

HEN-ree // JON-sin

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
H h	hat
I i	pin
J j	jam
N n	not
O o	top
R r	rag
S s	sit

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr.

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