bohanon was active in democratic party affairs on the local, state and national levels. he was a member of the democratic party's national convention platform committee in 1940. he was a mason and a shriner and a member of the united methodist church of nichols hills, oklahoma. he married marie swatek in july 1933. they had four children. one son, richard l. bohanon, became a united states bankruptcy judge in oklahoma city. the other children died either in infancy or very early childhood. both bohanon's were buried in fairlawn cemetery in oklahoma city.