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Johnson, Alexander Bryan
banker, author, was born May 29, 1786, , author , was born May 29, 1786, in England. He was a prominent banker of Utica for nearly half a century; and the author of Treatise on Banking; The Philosophy of Human Knowledge; Religion in Its Relations to the Present Life; The Physiology The Physiology of the Senses; The Mean- ; Nature and Value of Capital; Encyclopædia of Instruction; and Guide to the Right Understanding of Our American Union. He died Sept. 9, 1867, in Utica, N. in Utica, N. Y.
Johnson, Alexander Byron
educator. In 1875 he was president of the . In 1875 he was president of the Ohio Teachers' association; in 1881-83 was a member of the state board of examiners; and for several years he has been a lecturer at institutes in western states.
Johnson, Alexander Smith
lawyer, jurist, was born July 30, 1817, in , jurist , was born July 30, 1817, in Utica, N.
Y. In 1852 he was elected to the bench of the court of appeals, and removed to Albany, serving one term. He subsequently returned to his native town; and in 1873 was appointed a commissioner of appeals to fill a vacancy. Before the close of the year he was reappointed a judge of the court of appeals, holding the office until 1874. In 1875 he was appointed United States judge for the second circuit to fill a vacancy. He died Jan. 26, 1878.
Johnson, Alfred
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born in Newburyport, , jurist, was born in Newburyport, Mass. He became a noted lawyer of New a England; was a member of the legi'slature before the separation, of the convention which framed the state constitution, and subsequently of the legislature. In 1820 he was made judge of probate, and so continued for eighteen years. He was and an overseer trustee of Bowdoin college; and contributed valuable papers to current literature. He died in 1852.
Johnson, Alfred Sidney
journalist, author, was born Dec. 15, 1860, in , author, was born Dec. 15, 1860, in Canada. He has been a successful educator; and is now the editor of Current History, a valuable magazine published by the New England Publishing company of Boston, Mass. a
Johnson, Andrew
president of the United States, was born seventeenth Dec. 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N. C. At the age of ten years he was apprenticed to tailor, with whom he remained seven years. He never attended school, but in 1827 he married Miss Eliza McCardle, who taught him to write and cipher. In 1826 he removed to Granville, Tenn., and was elected alderman of was that village in 1828-29. In 1830 he was elected mayor, and held the office three years. In 1835 he was elected to the state legislature , was defeated in 1837, and elected again in ed again in 1839. In 1841 he was elected to the state senate, and in 1843 to the national house of representatives, which office he held, by successive reelections, for ten years. In 1853 he was elected governor of Tennessee, and reelected in 1855. At the expiration of his gubernatorial term, in 1857, he was elected United States senator by the Tennessee legislature.
In 1862 he was appointed military governor of Tennessee. He was nominated for vice-president at the Baltimore convention, June 8, 1864. Being a successful candidate, he took the oath of office March 4, 1865. Upon the death of President Lincoln he became president, and took the oath of office April 15, 1865.
He was impeached by the house of representatives resentatives Feb. 24, 1868, by a vote of nays. The following representatives were chosen as managers, on the part of the house, to conduct the bill of impeachment before the senate: Messrs.
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John A. Bingham, of Ohio; George S. of Massachusetts; Benjamin Franklin Butler, of Massachusetts; Thaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania; Thomas Williams, of Pennsylvania; John A.
Logan, of Illinois, and James F. Wilson, of Iowa. The counsel for the president were Messrs. Benjamin R. Curtis, of Massachusetts; William M. Evarts, of New York; William York; William S. Groesbeck, of Ohio; Thomas A. R. Nelson, of Tennessee, and of Ohio. The trial was begun March 30, 1868, before the United States senate , sitting as a court of impeachment, presided over by Chief Justice Chase.
President Johnson was acquitted by the senate May 26, by a vote of 19 to 35, the constitution requiring a vote of two-thirds two-thirds to convict. President Johnson and Secretary Stanton quarreled over reconstruction questions, and on Aug. 5, 1867, the president requested him to resign, which the secretary refused to do.
He gave way, under protest, Aug. 12, to General U. S.
General U. S. Grant as secretary of war senate reinstated Secretary Stanton Jan. 13, 1868. On Feb. 21, 1868, General Lorenzo Thomas was ap- Secretary Stanton still refused to vacate. pointed secretary of war ad interim, but Johnson's Johnson's impeachment followed, and on Stanton resigned. On the presidenc 4th of March, 1869, he retired from the to his home in Granville, Tenn. In 1870 he was a candidate before the Tennessee legislature for United States senator, but was defeated by two votes.
In 1872 he was a candidate for representative in congress, and was defeated.
In 1875 he was elected to the United States senate, and took his seat March 4, and died July 31, 1875. Johnson held office thirty-six years. He was probably worth $50,000.
Johnson, Andrew Wallace
naval officer, was born Feb. 24, 1826, in midshipman in 1841. He was made lieu- Washington, D. C. He was appointed tenant-commander in 1862; and was captain in 1874.
He died June 14, 1887, in Washington Washington, D. C.
Johnson, Artemas Nixon
publisher, author, was born June 22, 1817, in , author, was born June 22, 1817, in Middlebury, Vt. His publications include Thorough Base Instruction-Book; Choir Chorus Book ; Handel Collection of Church Music Church Music; American Choir; Meloand Harmony; Alleghany Collection of Church Music; The True Singing-School Text-Book; The Standard Glee Book; Glee Book; New Harmony Book; Parlor ; and Natural Art of Singing.
Johnson, Barton W
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1833 in Illi- , author , was born in 1833 in Illinois. He was a Campbellite minister and educator of educator of Iowa; and the author of The Vision of the Ages; Commentary on New Testament; and Young Folks in Bible Lands. He died in 1894.
Johnson, Benjamin
jurist. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Arearly emigrant to the territory of Arkansas; and in 1821 was appointed United States judge for that territory, serving in that capacity until 1833.
Johnson, Benjamin Pierce
agriculturist, author, was born Nov. 30, 1793, , author, was born Nov. 30, 1793, in Canaan, N.
Y. He was president of the State Agricultural society in 1845, and its corresponding secretary from 1847 till 1869. He wrote, besides reports, essays, and papers on agricultural subjects, The Dairy; and edited The New York Farmer; The Transactions of the New York Agricultural Society; and Journal of the New York Agricultural Society. He died April 12, 1869, in Albany, N. Y.
Johnson, Bushrod Rust
soldier, educator, was born Oct. 7, 1817, in Bel- , was born Oct. 7, 1817, in Belmont county, Ohio. He became professor and subsequently superintendent of the Western Military institute of Kentucky at Georgetown . He entered the confederate service in 1861, and was commissioned brigadier -general. He died Sept. 11, 1880, in Brighton, Ill in Brighton, Ill.
Johnson, Cave
lawyer, jurist, banker, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1793, congressman , was born Jan. 11, 1793, in Robertson county, Tenn. He was a circuit judge for several years. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1829 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1845; after which he went into the cabinet of President Polk, as postmaster-general. He also held, for many years, the position of president bank of Tennessee, which he resigned in of the 1859. He died Nov. 23, 1866, in Clarksville, Tenn.
Johnson, Chapman
soldier, lawyer, orator, state senator, was born March 12, , state senator, was born March 12, 1799, in Louisa county, Va. During the war of 1812 he was captain of a volunteer company, and he afterward served as aide to General James Breckinridge. From 1815 till 1831 he served in the state senate and he was a member of the Virginia convention of 1829-30 as champion of the white basis party. He died July 12, 1849, in Richmond, Va.
Johnson, Charles Frederick
educator, author, was born in 1836 in New , author, was born in 1836 in New York. He is a professor of English literature in Trinity college; and the author of of English Words, an Elementary Study and Three Americans and Three Three Englishmen, lectures.
Johnson, Charles P
lawyer, state legislator, was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Leb- , was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Lebanon, Ill. In 1859 he was elected city attorney of St. Louis; in 1866 was a member of the state legislature; in 1866 was appointed circuit attorney for the city and county of St. Louis; in 1872 was elected lieutenant-governor; and in 1892 was tendered and accepted the professorship of criminal law in the law department in the university of St. Louis.
Johnson, Clifton
author, was born in 1865 in Massachusetts. He is a writer 1865 in Massachusetts. He is a writer and illustrator of Hadley, Mass., best known by his photographic illustrations to White's Selborne and other books. He is the author of What They Say in New England ; A Book of Country Clouds and Sunshine ; The Country School in New England; The Farmer's Boy; and The England Country.
Johnson, D. B
lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He was appointed an in New York. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States for the territory of New Mexico, residing at Santa Fe.