Johnson, Okey – Johnson, Thomas
Johnson, Okey
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 24, 1834, in Long Reach, Va. In 1856 he graduated from the Marietta high school, which institution conferred the degree of A. M. upon him in 1874; and in 1858 from the law school of the Harvard university, with the degree of LL. B.
He practiced his profession at Parkersburg until 1877, when he took his seat on the supreme bench of West Virginia. He was twice a candidate for presidential elector; was elected to the state senate in 1870; to the constitutional convention in 1871, and was one of the most prominent members in the constitutional convention of 1872. He was a member of the supreme court during 1877-89, and was president of the court for nearly eight years. Since 1895 he has been dean of the law college of the West Virginia university. As a lecturer and teacher of law he has been eminently successful, both oratorically and practically.
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, Reverdy
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born May 21, 1796, in Annapolis, Md. In 1817 he moved to Baltimore; in 1820 was appointed chief commissioner of insolvent debtors, which office he held until 1821, when he was elected to the state senate, serving five years. He was re-elected and resigned in the second year of that term; and in 1845 was chosen a senator in congress, where he remained until 1849, when he resigned to accept the post of attorney-general of the United States. In 1862 he was again elected a senator in congress from his native state for the term commencing in 1863 and ending in 1869. He died Feb. 10, 1876, in England.
Johnson, Richard Mentor
ninth vice-president of the United States, was born Oct. 17, 1781, in Bryant's Station, Ky. In 1807 he was chosen a representative in congress from Kentucky, which post he held until 1813.. He greatly distinguished himself at the battle of the Thames, and the chief, Tecumseh, is said to have been killed by his hand.
In 1814 he was appointed Indian commissioner; and was again a representative in congress from 1813 to 1819. In 1819 he went from the house into the United States senate to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected, and served as senator until 1829. He was again elected to the house, and remained there until 1837, when he became vice-president, and as such presided over the senate. At the time of his death he was a member of the Kentucky legislature. He died Nov. 19, 1850, in Frankfort, Ky.
Johnson, Richard W
soldier, was born Feb. 7, 1827, in Livingston county, Ky. In 1849 he graduated from the United States military academy at West Point, and was appointed second lieutenant. In 1855 he was appointed first lieutenant and subsequently promoted to majorgeneral for meritorious services during the civil war. He served with distinction during the civil war and in the Indian wars in the regular service; and was retired from active service in 1867 on account of wounds received during the civil war. In 1881 he was democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota, in which state he resided at St. Paul until his death in 1897. He was the author of A Life of Major-General George H. Thomas; Reminiscences of a Soldier in Peace and War; and contributed to various newspapers and magazines.
Johnson, Robert
governor, was born in 1682. He was governor of South Carolina in 1719, and during 1730-35. In 1731 he made a treaty with the Cherokees.
He died May 3, 1735, in Charleston, S. C.
Johnson, Robert Underwood
journalist, author, was born Jan. 12, 1853, in Washington, D. C. In 1873 he became connected with the editorial staff of the Century Magazine, then called Scribner's Monthly. In 1881 he became associate editor of that magazine; and during 1883-89 was associate editor of the Century War Papers, which were published in four volumes entitled Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. He has also written numerous editorial and critical articles, and is the author of a number of meritorious poems. In 1891 he received the degree of M. A. from Yale university, in recognition of his labors in the campaign for international copyright.
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, Rossiter
author, poet, was born Jan. 27, 1840, in Rochester, N.
Y. He is a writer of New York city who has edited Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia since 1883, and also edited Famous Single Poems; Play-day Poems; Little Classics; The Authorized History of the World's Columbian Exposition, and other works. His original writings include, Phaëton Rogers, a Novel of Boy Life; History of the French War, Ending in the Conquest of Canada; History of the War of 1812-15; A Short History of the War of Secession, enlarged as Campfire and Battlefield; The End of a Rainbow, an American Story; Idler and Poet; and Three Decades.
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.
Johnson, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 10, 1822, in Salem, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of radical views, pastor of an independent church in Lynn for many years; and the author of Oriental Religions; Lectures, Essays, and Sermons; and The Worship of Jesus in Its Past and Present Aspect.
He died Feb. 19, 1882, in Salem, Mass.
Johnson, Samuel Frost
artist, educator, was born Nov. 9, 1835, in New York city. He was a professor in the art schools of the Metropolitan museum in New York in 1883-85, also teaching science and art classes at St. John's college, Fordham, in 1884-85.
Johnson, Samuel William
educator, author, was born July 3, 1830, in Kingsborough, N. Y. He has been professor of chemistry in Sheffield Scientific School at Yale university since 1856; and is the author of Essays on Manures; Peat and Its Uses; How Crops Feed; Chemical Notation and Nomenclature; and several translations of German scientific works .
Johnson, Sydney Carter
railroad manager, financier, was born Dec. 13, 1861, in St. Louis, Mo. Since 1873 he has been engaged in the railroad service with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad; the Missouri Pacific railway; the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas railway; and since 1891 has been general auditor of the St. Louis and Southwestern railway.
THEODORE JOHNSON, TAYLOR, merchant, author, poet, was born in 1818 in Lebanon, N. J. He was engaged in commerce in Philadelphia from 1843 till 1860, and in 1847 his firm were the largest shippers of breadstuffs from that port to Great Britain. He published California and Oregon, or Sights in the Gold Region and Scenes by the Way.
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.