Johnston, Forney, 1879-1965.

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Forney Johnston, 1879-1965, the son of Alabama Governor and U.S. Senator Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) and Teresa Virginia Hooper, was a prominent businessman, lawyer, and civic leader in Birmingham, Ala.

Forney was born 9 Sept. 1879 in Selma, Ala. He attended and received degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama. In 1905 he married Clara Vernon Cocke of Virginia and they had three children: Joseph Forney, Virginia, and Paul.

Forney was a senior member of the law firm Cabaniss and Johnston, and also served as general counsel for the Seaboard Airline Ry. and the National Association Owners of R.R. Securities; and on the Board of Trustees for the First National Bank of Birmingham and the YMCA of Birmingham.

Johnston was also influential in a wide variety of political and legal matters. He drafted the basic rate-making principals in the Transportation Act of 1920, represented the plaintiffs in the Ashwander case that attacked the constitutionality of the act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority, denounced the Ku Klux Klan at the 1924 Democratic Convention when nominating U.S. Senator Oscar Underwood for the presidential nomination, and published several legal papers on the constitutionality of government policies during the Depression and afterwards.

From the description of Papers, 1876-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122507848

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Bankhead, John H. (John Hollis), 1842-1920. Papers, 1865-1923, and n.d. Alabama Department of Archives and History
creatorOf Johnston, Forney, 1879-1965. Papers, 1876-1982. Alabama Department of Archives and History
creatorOf Cocke family. Papers, 1820-1966. Alabama Department of Archives and History
creatorOf Johnston, Joseph F. (Joseph Forney), 1843-1913. Papers, 1847-1926. Alabama Department of Archives and History
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associatedWith Alabama. Supreme Court. corporateBody
associatedWith Bankhead, John H. (John Hollis), 1842-1920. person
associatedWith Boykin, Frank W. (Frank William), 1885-1969. person
associatedWith Cabaniss and Johnston (Law firm: Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Cabaniss, Johnston, Cocke, and Cabaniss (Law firm: Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Campbell and Johnston (Law firm: Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Chalmers, Allen Knight. person
associatedWith Cocke, Clara Vernon Pollard. person
associatedWith Cocke family. family
associatedWith Cocke family. family
associatedWith Cocke, William Ruffin Coleman. person
associatedWith Dauphin Island Land Company (Mobile, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Esdale, James. person
associatedWith First National Bank (Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Forney family. family
associatedWith General John H. Forney Historical Society (Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Graves, George, B., 1876-1937. person
associatedWith Gulf Properties Corporation (Mobile, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Historic American Buildings Survey. corporateBody
associatedWith Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) corporateBody
associatedWith Hooper family. family
associatedWith Jemison Companies (Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Johnston, Clara Vernon Cocke. person
associatedWith Johnston, Elizabeth Whipple White. person
associatedWith Johnston family. family
associatedWith Johnston, Joseph F. (Joseph Forney), 1843-1913. person
associatedWith Johnston, Joseph Forney, b. ca.1906. person
associatedWith Johnston, Paul. person
associatedWith Johnston, Teresa Hooper. person
associatedWith Kennon family. family
associatedWith Lyman, David Russell. person
associatedWith Lyman, Virginia Cocke. person
associatedWith Martin, Thomas W. (Thomas Wesley), 1881-1964. person
associatedWith Mountain Brook Country Club (Birmingham, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Bank of Commerce (New Orleans, La.) corporateBody
associatedWith O'Brien, S. Mazyck. person
associatedWith Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Peoples National Bank (Charlottesville, Va.) corporateBody
associatedWith Person, John Cecil, b. 1888. person
associatedWith Pollard family. family
associatedWith Pullman Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Steel Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Thomas, Summer. person
associatedWith Underwood, Oscar W. (Oscar Wilder), 1862-1929. person
associatedWith University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) corporateBody
associatedWith Vredenburgh family. family
associatedWith Walmsley, Virginia Johnston. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Alabama
Southern States
Dauphin Island (Ala.)
Florida
Scottsboro (Ala.)
Lockerbie (Birmingham, Ala.)
Birmingham (Ala.)
United States
Jefferson County (Ala.)
Fluvanna County (Va.)
Bremo Bluff (Va.)
Virginia
Avon Park (Fla.)
Bremo Plantation (Va.)
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African Americans
African Americans
Banks and banking
Boarding schools
Capital punishment
Civil rights
Domestic education
Families
Historic buildings
Historic farms
Law
Law firms
Lawyers
Plantations
Real property
Scottsboro case
World War II, 1941-1945
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Birth 1879

Death 1965

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