Andrew Percy Johnson (1885-1945) was born in Zona, Louisiana, but moved to Texas for his health around 1905. He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and worked as a general practice and real estate attorney in Asherton and Carrizo Springs, Texas, before serving in the Texas Legislature from 1927 to 1934. While a state representative he became involved with the National Democratic Convention of 1928. Though it is unclear when or under what circumstances he met Barbara Gordan (b. 1890), the two had a long-distance courtship (he in Texas and she in Louisiana) that culminated in their marriage in 1911.
Source: Fifield, James Clark. The American Bar, Volume 1 . J. C. Fifield Co., 1918.
From the guide to the Johnson (Andrew Percy and Barbara Gordon) Papers 88-166; 90-314., 1905-1967, 1986, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
