Charles A. Johns

Charles A. Johns
Johns circa 1914
47th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
In office 1918–1921
Preceded by	Wallace McCamant
Succeeded by	John McCourt
23rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office October 7, 1921 – January 11, 1932
Preceded by	Percy Moir
Succeeded by	John A. Hull
Personal details
Born	June 25, 1857 Jackson County, Missouri
Died	January 11, 1932(1932-01-11) (aged 74) Philippine Islands
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mabel Ellis Elizabeth Busch

Charles A. Johns (June 25, 1857 – January 11, 1932) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as the 47th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Johns also served as mayor of Baker City in Eastern Oregon and as a justice on the Supreme Court of the Philippines while that archipelago was under U.S. jurisdiction.

Charles Johns was born to James McClellan Johns and Elizabeth Ann Darby Johns in Jackson County, Missouri. In 1858, the family immigrated to the Oregon Territory and settled in the Willamette Valley. Charles was then educated in the local schools of Marion and Linn counties. For college he attended Willamette University in Salem, where he graduated in 1878 with his Bachelor of Arts. He was admitted to the bar in 1881. The following year Johns married Mabel Ellis with whom he fathered three children. He would also have three children by his second wife Elizabeth Busch.

After being accepted to practice law, Johns then became a judge in Polk County, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley from 1883 to 1885 and served as mayor of Baker City in Eastern Oregon from 1900 to 1908. He was also a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Oregon Governor Theodore Thurston Geer. In 1912, Charles Johns moved to Portland, Oregon, where he practiced law.