Home › J › Johnson, Gustavus – Johnson, James

Johnson, Gustavus – Johnson, James

Johnson, Gustavus

pianist, composer, was born Nov. 2, 1856, in England.

He is a pianist and teacher of Minneapof Minneapolis, Minn.; and ranks among the forethe foremost in the northwest. He is the author of numerous pieces for the piano ; thems and chamber music; and a conand a concerto for piano and orchestra. an-

Johnson, Henry Theodore

educator, author, was born Oct. 10, 1857, in Georgetown, S. C. He founded Slater colfounded Slater college in Tennessee, became president of the institution, and was also presiding elder of a large district for three years. He three years. is the author of a volume entitled Divine Logos.

He 1

Johnson, Henry U

lawyer, state. senator, congressman, was born Oct. 28, 1850, in Cambridge City, Ind. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Wayne county in 1876; and re-elected in 1878.

He was elected to the state senate from Wayne county in 1886; and served in the legislative sessions of 1887 and 1889. He was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.

Johnson, Herman Merrills

educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born Nov. 25, 1815, in Butternuts, N. Y. In 1850 he became professor of philosophy and English literature in Dickinson college, which post he retained for ten years. In 1860 he was called to the presidency of the college and the chair of moral science, which he held till his death. He died April 5, 1868, in Carlisle, Pa.

Johnson, Hezekiah S

lawyer, jurist, journalist, state legislator, was born Sept. 12, 1828, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1849 he moved to New Mexico; held the offices of district attorney, clerk of court, and treasurer of the territory; and in 1863 was elected to the territorial legislature.

In 1869 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico, and was reappointed in 1871.

Johnson, Horace B

soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 14, 1842, in Marengo, 111.

He received his education at the Upper Iowa university of Fayette. During the civil war he was a captain in the army. In 1865-68 he was circuit attorney in Missouri; and in 1869-70 was attorneygeneral for the state of Missouri. He is one of the leading lawyers of the west, and now has an extensive law practice in Denver, Colo.

Johnson, Horace Chauncey

artist, was born Feb. 1, 1820, in Oxford, Conn.

He attained prominence as a portrait and landscape painter.

Johnson, Hugh Edgar

journalist, was born Feb. 24, 1868, in Henderson county, N. C. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and subsequently took a commercial course at college. In 1888 he established The Tribune of Fullerton, Cal., of which he is still editor and owner.

Johnson, Isaac

governor, was born in England. He was governor of Louisiana from 1845 to 1850. He died March 15, 1853, in New Orleans, La.

Johnson, James

state legislator, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1813 to 1820. He also served in the state legislature. He died Dec. 7, 1825, in Norfolk, Va.

Johnson, James

soldier, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1774, in Orange county, Va. He served as lieutenant-colonel at the battle of the Thames; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky during the years 1825 and 1826.

He died Aug. 14, 1826, in Great Crossings, Ky.

Johnson, James

lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1811 in Robinson county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from 1851 to 1853. In 1865 he was appointed provisional governor of Georgia; and in 1866 was appointed collector of customs at Savannah, where he remained until 1869. He was subsequently made a judge of the circuit court of the state.