Political Figures
- James Johnson (Virginia congressman) (died 1825), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
- James Johnson (Kentucky) (1774–1826), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
- James Johnson (Georgia) (1811–1891), U.S. Congressman and governor of Georgia
- James Johnson (UK politician) (1908–1995), British Labour MP for Rugby, 1950–1959, and Hull West, 1964–1983
- James A. Johnson (politician) (1829–1896), U.S. Congressman and lieutenant governor from California
- James A. Johnson (businessman) (born 1943), businessman, Democratic lobbyist, and chairman of Fannie Mae, the Kennedy Center and the Brookings Institution
- James A.C. Johnson (1867–1937), mayor of Englewood, New Jersey
- James Coody Johnson (1864–1927), African-Creek entrepreneur, interpreter, lawyer and politician
- James D. Johnson (1924–2010), Arkansas politician
- James E. Johnson (U.S. Navy), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- James G. Johnson (1855–1936), mayor of Springfield and justice on the Ohio Supreme Court
- James Hutchins Johnson (1802–1887), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire
- James Leeper Johnson (1818–1877), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
- James M. Johnson, justice of the Washington Supreme Court
- James M. Johnson (Arkansas), lieutenant governor of Arkansas
- J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), governor of California
- James Paul Johnson (born 1930), U.S. Congressman from Colorado
- James Johnson (Manitoba politician) (1855–1929), politician in Manitoba, Canada
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