Johnson, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 4, 1732, in St. Leonard's, Md. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1777, when he left that body to raise an army, with which, as commander, he went to assist Washington in New England. He was the first republican governor of Maryland, serving as such from 1777 to 1779, and residing in Frederick City. He was a judge of the United States district court for the state of Maryland; and was a justice of the supreme court of the United States from 1791 to 1793. He was the delegate in congress who proposed that the general should be declared commander-inchief. He died Oct. 25, 1819, near Frederick City.