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Johnson, James Willis

merchant, state senator, was born Feb. 24, 1826, in Enfield, N. H. As a republican he was elected to a number of positions of honor in his native state, including a seat in the New Hampshire legislature in 1860, 1865- 66 and 1875. He was a member of the state senate in 1876-77, railroad commissioner in 1878, serving two years, and in 1878 was nominated for congress by the greenback party, but met with defeat.

He died Dec. 18, 1886, in Boston, Mass.