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Richard Dean Johnson (February 3, 1935 – May 26, 2022) was the Iowa State Auditor from 1979 to 2003.
Johnson was born the last of 6 children on February 3, 1935, in Spencer, Nebraska, to Henry and Clarice (née Kerbel) Johnson. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1952 and graduated from the General Motors Institute Dealer Co-op Program in 1954 in Flint, Michigan. He earned his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1960 from Drake University and became a CPA in 1963.
He began service in the Nebraska National Guard in 1955. In 1975, he graduated from United States Army Command and General Staff College. He transferred to the Iowa National Guard. He attained the rank of Colonel. He retired in 1990.
He served as Sheldahl's City Clerk from 1959 to 1963 and as Sheldahl's mayor from 1964 to 1975.
In 1968, he joined the Auditor's as the director of audits and then was appointed the director of finance for the Iowa Highway Commission. In 1975, he was appointed as the director of the Iowa Department of Transportation's (IDOT) Administration Division and then as director of IDOT's Motor Vehicle Division in 1978.
Following Auditor Smith's death in 1979, Governor Robert D. Ray appointed Johnson as Iowa State Auditor on January 26, 1979, until the 1980 Special Election.
On November 4, 1980, there was a special election to replace Lloyd R. Smith, who had died on December 21, 1978.
Johnson ran as a Republican while the Democrat party ran no candidate and Thomas J. Oliver ran as a Socialist. Johnson won 647,299 votes, while Oliver lost with only 17,287 votes.
Richard D. Johnson
Richard Dean Johnson (February 3, 1935 – May 26, 2022) was the Iowa State Auditor from 1979 to 2003.
Johnson was born the last of 6 children on February 3, 1935, in Spencer, Nebraska, to Henry and Clarice (née Kerbel) Johnson. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1952 and graduated from the General Motors Institute Dealer Co-op Program in 1954 in Flint, Michigan. He earned his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1960 from Drake University and became a CPA in 1963.
He began service in the Nebraska National Guard in 1955. In 1975, he graduated from United States Army Command and General Staff College. He transferred to the Iowa National Guard. He attained the rank of Colonel. He retired in 1990.
He served as Sheldahl's City Clerk from 1959 to 1963 and as Sheldahl's mayor from 1964 to 1975.
In 1968, he joined the Auditor's as the director of audits and then was appointed the director of finance for the Iowa Highway Commission. In 1975, he was appointed as the director of the Iowa Department of Transportation's (IDOT) Administration Division and then as director of IDOT's Motor Vehicle Division in 1978.
Following Auditor Smith's death in 1979, Governor Robert D. Ray appointed Johnson as Iowa State Auditor on January 26, 1979, until the 1980 Special Election.
On November 4, 1980, there was a special election to replace Lloyd R. Smith, who had died on December 21, 1978.
Johnson ran as a Republican while the Democrat party ran no candidate and Thomas J. Oliver ran as a Socialist. Johnson won 647,299 votes, while Oliver lost with only 17,287 votes.