Philip W. Johnston
Philip W. Johnston | |
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Secretary of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts | |
In office 1984–1991 | |
Governor | Michael Dukakis |
Preceded by | Manuel C. Carballo |
Succeeded by | David Forsberg |
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representativesfrom the 4th Plymouth District | |
In office 1979–1984 | |
Preceded by | Paul F. X. Moriarty |
Succeeded by | Frank Hynes |
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representativesfrom the 10th Plymouth District | |
In office 1975–1979 | |
Preceded by | Carl Ohlson |
Succeeded by | Michael C. Creedon |
Chair of theMassachusetts Democratic Party | |
In office 2000–2007 | |
Preceded by | Joan Menard |
Succeeded by | John E. Walsh |
Personal details | |
Born | Chelsea, Massachusetts | July 21, 1944
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Marshfield, Massachusetts |
Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Amherst Harvard University |
Occupation | Businessman, politician |
Philip W. Johnston(July 21, 1944 inChelsea, Massachusetts[1]) is an American businessman, politician and former Secretary of Human Services in Massachusetts and Regional Administrator of Health and Human Services for New England.
Johnston received a Bachelor of Arts degree from theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherstand a Master of Arts degree from theJohn F. Kennedy School of GovernmentatHarvard University.
In 1996, Johnston founded and is president of Johnston Associates, a communications and public affairs consulting firm. He is Chair of the Board of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, and theRobert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.He also sits on the Boards of theUniversity of Massachusetts,the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps, the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute, theRoosevelt Institute,and Stop Handgun Violence.
He was elected to the state legislature five times.[2]From 1984 to 1991, he was Secretary of Human Services in theCommonwealth of Massachusettsunder GovernorMichael Dukakis.He was also executive director of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights inWashington, D.C.In 1992, he was appointed by U.S. PresidentBill Clintonas the New England Director for theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services,where he served until 1996. Johnston was twice elected chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, in 2000 and 2004.[3]
1996 Congressional election
[edit]In 1996, Johnston was a Democratic candidate for Congress in the 10th District of Massachusetts. Johnston was initially declared the winner,[4]and an officialrecountin several contested towns preserved Johnston's victory, though by a narrower margin. Following the recount,Bill Delahuntsought judicial review in theMassachusetts Superior Court.Judge Elizabeth Donovan conducted ade novoreviewof the contested ballots and declared Delahunt the victor by a 108-vote margin. The case was appealed to theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court,which upheld the lower court ruling. The case is also noteworthy for the issue of "hanging chads"in punch-card voting machines, and was later referenced as a precedent by theFlorida Supreme CourtinGore v. Harrisduring the2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida.[5]
References
[edit]- ^1983–1984 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- ^"Johnston Associates".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-11.Retrieved2010-03-30.
- ^Boston Globe, November 11, 2004, cited at highbeam.com
- ^Boston Globe,October 9, 1996, cited at encyclopedia.com
- ^Findlaw, Gore v. Harris, December 8, 2000
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