Nelson T. Johnson

Nelson T. Johnson
2nd United States Minister to Australia
In office
September 12, 1941  April 20, 1945
Preceded byClarence E. Gauss
Succeeded byRobert Butler
Personal details
BornApril 3, 1887
Washington, DC
DiedDecember 3, 1954(1954-12-03) (aged 67)
SpouseJane Augusta Washington Thornton Beck (m. 1931)
RelationsGeorge T. Beck (father-in-law)
EducationGeorge Washington University

Nelson Trusler Johnson (April 3, 1887 December 3, 1954) was an American diplomat who served as the US Minister to China from 1929 to mid-September 1935. Then, until 1941, he was US Ambassador to the Republic of China and then to Australia from 1941 to 1945.