Timothy V. (Tim) Johnson (born July 23 1946) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing (map). He was born in Champaign, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a lawyer, a realtor, a member of the Urbana City Council and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1976 to 2000 before entering the U.S. House of Representatives..