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Johnson, Lawrence

type-founder, inventor, was born Jan. 23, 1801, in England. He established a successful stereotype-foundry in Philadelphia, Pa, and in 1833 he purchased the Philadelphia typefoundry, which, under his management, became one of the largest in the country.

He died April 26, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Johnson, Madison Conyers

lawyer, banker, legislator, was born Sept. 21, 1806, near Georgetown, Ky. In 1850 he was chosen one of the commissioners to adopt and draw up the Kentucky code of practice, and in 1853 and 1857 he was elected to the legislature. From 1858 till his death he was president of the Northern bank of Kentucky. He died Dec. 7, 1886, in Lexington, Ky.

Johnson, Martin N

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1850 in Wisconsin. He served a term in each branch of the Iowa legislature and was a Hayes elector for the Dubuque district in the electoral college of 1876. He removed to Dakota in 1882, and took up government land, on which he still resides. He was elected district attorney in 1886 and re-elected in 1888. He was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third, fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.

Johnson, Mary Ann

matron, lecturer, was born Aug. 4, 1808, in Westmoreland, Vt. She was matron in the female state prison at Sing Sing, N. Y.

She died June 8, 1872, in New York.

Johnson, Noadiah

state legislator, congressman. He served in the legislature of New York; and was a member of congress from 1833 to 1835. He died April 4, 1839, in Albany, N. Y.

Johnson, Oliver

journalist, lecturer, author, was born Dec. 27, 1809, in Peacham, Vt. He was an editor and lecturer of New York city, successively managing editor of The Independent, editor of the Weekly Tribune, and editor of the Christian Union. He was the author of William Lloyd Garrison and His Times.

He died Dec. 10, 1889, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Johnson, Ovid Frazer

lawyer, author, was born in 1807, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. In 1833-45 he was attorney-general of Pennsylvania. He attained distinction as a political writer, and was the author of the political satires entitled the Governor's Letters. He died in February, 1854, in Washington, D. C.

Johnson, Perley B

congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.

Johnson, Philip

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 17, 1818, in Warren county, N. J. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh congress; and was reelected to the thirty-eighth congress. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1864; and was re-elected to the thirtyninth congress. He died Jan. 31, 1867, in Washington, D. C.

Johnson, Philip Carrigain

naval officer, was born Nov. 21, 1828, in Maine.

He served as chief signal officer of the navy, and in 1884 was promoted to the rank of commodore and placed in command of Portsmouth navy-yard. He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1887. He died Jan. 28, 1887, in Portsmouth, N. H.

Johnson, Robert Ward

congressman, United States senator, was born in 1814 in Kentucky. He was elected a representative in congress from Arkansas in 1847, and served until 1853, when he was elected a senator in congress. He died in 1879 in Arkansas.

Johnson, Samuel

clergyman, college president, author, was born Oct. 14, 1696, in Guilford, Conn. He was an episcopal clergyman of Stratford, Conn., who was president of Columbia (then Kings) college in 1753-63. He was the author of A System of Morality, republished by Franklin as Elementa Philosophia; and English and Hebrew Grammar. He died Jan. 6, 1772, in Stratford, Conn.