Johnston, John W
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Sept. 9, 1818, in Panicello, Va. He was made judge of the tenth judicial district; and was a member of the senate of the state of Virginia in 1847 and 1848. He was president of the Northwestern bank at Jeffersonville, Va., from 1850 to 1859. In 1870 he was elected United States senator from Virginia for the term ending in 1871; and was re-elected for the term ending in 1877; and in 1876 he was reelected to the senate for the term commencing in 1877 and ending in 1883. He died Feb. 27, 1889, in Richmond, Va. was