Johnsons - Johnstons

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US Congress

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Johnsons - Johnstons who have served in the Continentinal Congress and the Congress of the United States.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Part 3

Johnsons - Johnstons who served in the United States Congress, House of Representatives

James Hutchins Johnston

James Hutchins Johnston was born 3 Jun 1802 in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He operated a lumber mill. He served as a deputy sheriff of Grafton County 1824-1825. He served as paymaster of the 32nd Regiment of New Hampshire Militia in 1826 and later as Adjutant and Colonel. He was elected as a Senator to the New Hampshire State Senate in 1839. He served as State Councilor in 1842 and 1845.

He was elected as a Democrat member of the House of Representatives of the 29th US Congress and reelected for a second term, serving from 1845 to 1849. He died in Bath 2 Sep 1887. He was buried in Village Cemetery.

James Leeper Johnson

James Leeper Johnson was born 30 Oct 1818 in Livingston County, Kentucky. He was a son of James Johnson and Harriett Leeper. James moved to Owensboro, Ky. in 1836 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1841 and began practice there. He was elected to the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1844.

James was elected as a Whig candidate to the House of Representatives of the 31st US Congress in 1848 and served from 1849 to 1851. He was nominated for reelection in 1850 but declined to accept and resumed his law practice in Owensboro. He was also engaged in farming. He was appointed Judge of the Daviess County Circuit Court 4 Mayh 1867 and served until 2 Sep that year.

James married Harriett Tripplett in Daviess Co. 22 Apr 1850. He died at Owensboro 12 Feb 1877. He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery.

James Paul Johnson

James Paul Johnson was born 2 Jun 1930 in Yankton, South Dakota. He earned a degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. in 1952 and a law degree from the University of Colorado in 1959. He served in the US Marine Corps as a jet pilot in Korea 1952-1956 during the Korean War. He was admitted to the bar and set up practice in Fort Collins, Co. from 1959-1966. He served as Municipal Judge of Ault, Co. from 1962-1965; assistant district attorney 1964-1966. He served on the Poudre R-1 School Board in Fort Collins 1969-1971. He was a delegate to the Colorado State Republican Party Conventions from 1960-1972.

James was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 93rd US Congress and reelected for thee terms, serving from 1973 to 1981. He did not seek reelection in 1980 and resumed his law practice at Fort Collins. He served as a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission 1984-1986 and as a member of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1985-1987.

James Thomas Johnston

James Thomas Johnston was born 19 Jan 1839 in Putnam County, Indiana. During the War for Southern Independence, he enlisted an Indiana unit of cavalry of the yankee army. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1866 and began practice at Rockville, Parke Co., In. He served as prosecuting attorney 1866-1868 and was elected as a Representative to the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1868. He served in the State Senate from 1874-1878.

He was elected as a Republican Representative to the 49th US Congress in 1884 and served from 1885 to 1889, when he was defeated for reelection. He resumed his law practice. He died 19 Jul 1904 in Rockville, In. and was buried in Rockville Cemetery.

Jay W. Johnson

Jay W. Johnson was born 30 Sep 1943 in Bessemer, Michigan. He graduated from Gogebic Community College in 1963 and Northern Michigan University in 1965. He became an information specialist in the US Army from 1966-1968. After his Army service he earned a graduate degree from Michigan State Univ.

Jay was elected as a Democrat in 1996 to the House of Representatives of the 105th US Congress and served one term. He was defeated for reelection.

Jed Joseph Johnson Sr.

Jed Joseph Johnson Sr. was born 31 Jul 1888 on the family farm near Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. He attended schools in Texas and Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma law department in 1915. He did postgraduate study at l'Universite de Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Jed was admitted to the bar in 1918 and started a practice at Walters, Ok. During World War I, he served in the 36th Division in 1918 and 1919 in France.

From 1920-1922, Jed was editor of a newspaper in Cotton Co., Ok. He was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 1920 and served to 1927. He was a delegate to the annual peace conference of the Interparliamentary Union at Geneva, Switzerland in 1920 and later became chairman of the Democratic National Congressional Committee's speaker's bureau.

In 1926, Jed was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 70th US Congress and to nine more terms, serving from 1927 to 1947. He was defeated in his bid in 1946 for reelection.

Jed Joseph Johnson Jr.

Jed Joseph Johnson Jr. was born 27 Dec 1939 in Washington, DC, son of Congressman Jed Joseph Johnson Sr. Jed attended school in Chickasha, Ok. and Friends Seminary in New York City. He was a Congressional page and graduated from the Capitol Page School in Washington, DC in 1957. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1961. He became a delegate to the International Student Movement for the United Nations Conference in Lund, Sweden in 1961. He served as President of the United States Youth Council from 1962-1964. He led a United States Youth Council delegation to West Africa in 1963 and was a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. He served for three years as a non-government observer at the United Nations.

In 1964, at the age of 24, he was elected as a Democrat Representative to the 89th US Congress and served from 1967 to 1967, when he was defeated for reelection. Afterwards, he became special assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1967-1968. He then served as a consultant to the Select committee on Presidential Campaign Activities for the US Senate in 1973. In 1974, he became executive director of the US Association of Former Members of Congress until his death. He died in Falls Church, Va. 16 Dec 1993.

Jeromus Johnson

Jeromus Johnson was born 2 Nov 1775 in Wallabout, Kings County, NY. He attended public schools and later moved to New York City where he engated in mercantile stores. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1822.

In 1824, he was elected as a Representative to the 20th US Congress and served from 1825 to 1829. During his terms, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures.

In 1830, Jeromus was appointed appraiser of merchandise for the port of New York and served until 1840, when he retired and moved to Goshen, NY. He died there 7 Sep 1846 and was buried on his estate in Goshen.

John Johnson

John Johnson was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1805. He immigrated to the US with his mother in 1818 and settled at Coshocton, Oh. in 1819.

John was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 32nd US Congress in 1850 and served one term and chose not to seek reelection. He died 5 Feb 1867 in Coshocton and was buried there in Oakbridge Cemetery. He was one of several aliens to be elected to the US Congress.

John Brown Johnston

John Brown Johnston was born 10 Jul 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to America in 1886 with his parents. He was elected as a Democrat Representative to the House of Representatives from New York to the 66 US Congress and served from 1919-1921. One of several aliens to serve in the US Congress.

John Telemachus Johnson

John Telemachus Johnson was born 5 Oct 1788 in Scott County, Kentucky. He was a son of Robert Johnson Sr. and Jemima Suggett. He was a brother of Richard Mentor Johnson who also served in the US House of Representatives and was became Vice President of the US and James Johnson Sr. who also served as a Congressman.

John attended prepratory schools and Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. He studied law and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1809. He began practice in Georgetown, Ky. During the War of 1812, he was an aide to Gen. William H. Harrison. He was elected to the Kentucky State House of Representatives and served 5 terms from 1821 to 1825.

He was elected as a Representative to the 17th US Congress and served a second term from 1821 to 1825, when he did not seek reelection. While in Congress, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. On 20 Apr 1826, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals and served until Dec 30 that year.

John became a minister of the Christian Church for several years. He also became editor of the Christian Messenger in 1832, the Gospel Advocate in 1835 and the Christian in 1837. He helped found the old Bacon College at Georgetown, Ky. in 1836. He died 17 Dec 1856 at Lexington, Mo. He was buried at Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Ky.

Joseph Johnson

Joseph Johnson was born 19 Dec 1785 in Orange County, New York. He moved with his mother to Belvidere, NJ in 1791 and later to Bridgeport, Virginia, now in West Virginia. He became a farmer there. During the War of 1812, he served as Captain of a company of Virginia Militia. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1815, 1816 and from 1818-1822.

In 1822, Joseph was elected to the House of Representatives of the 18th US Congress and reelected to a second term, serving from 1823 to 1827. During his term, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. He failed in his bid for reelection in 1826. He won election again and served out the remainder of a term of a deceased Congressman in 1833. He did not seek reelection. He was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat and served from 1835 to 1841. During this period, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Accounts. He declined renomination in 1840.

He served as a delegate to the Democratic Party National Convention in 1844. He was elected that year to another term in Congress and served from 1945 to 1947. He was Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. He declined to run again. He served again in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1847 and 1848. He was a delegate to the Virginia State Constitutional Convention of 1850 and 1851.

In 1851, Joseph was elected Governor of Virginia. He served a short term and was then reelected and served from 1852 to 1856. He died at Bridgeport, Harrison County, WVA 27 Feb 1877. He was buried at Brick Church Cemetery.

Joseph Travis Johnson

Joseph Travis Johnson was born 28 Feb 1858 in Brewerton, Laurens County, South Carolina. He studied law at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tn. from 1881-1882 and was admitted to the bar in South Carolina in 1883. He graduated from Erskine College, Due West, SC and was valedictorian of his class in 1897. He received an honorary LL.D. in 1916. He set up a law practice in Laurens and later moved to Spartanburg.

Joseph was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 57th US Congress and reelected for seven additional terms, serving from 1901 to 1915 when he resigned. During his tenure, he was the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee and Chairman of its Sub-Committee for all governmental functions except postal and military operations. He supported legislation to create the Federal Reserve banks, improve Rural Free Delivery, to reform currency laws and to eradicate pellagra. He became known as the "watchdog of the Treasury".

He was appointed as Federal Judge of the Western District of South Carolina and served from 1915 until his death in Spartanburg 8 May 1919. As a judge, he always posed the moral side of any issue.

He married Sarah Margaret Anderson of Laurens in 1890. They had five sons and three daughters. He was a Methodist, a member of the Knights of Pythias, a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar of the Shriners.

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born 3 Feb 1807 at Longwood, Prince Edward County, Virginia, a son of Peter Johnston Jr. and Martha Butler. His parents moved to Panticello near Abingdon, Va. in 1811. He attended Abingdon Academy and graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY in 1829. He remained in the Army for many years and was eventually promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and Quatermaster General. Joe resigned from the Army 22 Apr 1861 after Virginia seceded from the union and joined the Confederate States of America. He then was commissioned a Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army on 14 May 1861 and later promoted to the rank of General 31 Aug 1861. He served as a general of the Confederacy until the end of the War for Southern Independence.

Joe settled in Savannah, Georgia and later became president of a railroad company in Arkansas and later was associated in the general insurance business from 1868-1869. He returned to Virginia in 1877 and settled in Richmond. He became president of an express company.

Joe was elected as a Democrat Representative to the 46th US Congress and served from 1879 to 1881. He did not seek reelection. He was appointed Commissioner of Railroads by President Grover Cleveland in 1887 and served until 1891. He died 21 Mar 1891 at Washington, DC. He was buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

Justin Leroy Johnson

Justin Leroy Johnson was born 8 Apr 1888 in Wasau, WI. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1911 and from the law department of the University of California, Berkeley in 1915. He was admitted to the bar in 1915. During World War I, he served as a pilot in the 104th Aero Squadron from 1917-1919. After the war, he settled in Stocton, Ca. in 1919 and began law practice. He served as deputy district attorney of San Joaquin Co. in 1920 and 1921. He served as a member of the Stocton Planning Commission 1934-1941 and was a referee in bankruptcy court 1922-1923. He served as a delegate to the Repuclican National Conventions in 1936 and 1948.

In 1942, Justin was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 78th US Congress and to six additional terms after that, serving from 1943 to 1957, when he was defeated for reelection. He died in Stocton 26 Mar 1961 and was buriend in Casa Bonita Cemetery.


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