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Born: September 18, 1812
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Died: August 16, 1880
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Complete HarpWeek Biography:
Herschel Johnson was a Georgia governor, judge, and U.S. senator, who was the
vice-presidential nominee of the Northern wing of the Democratic party in 1860.
In 1834 he graduated from the University of Georgia and was admitted to the bar.
He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1843 and for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in 1847. He completed the U.S. Senate term of Walter Colquitt
(1848-1849). Thereafter he was a superior court state judge (1849-1853) and
governor of Georgia (1853-1857). After the Democratic party divided in 1860,
primarily Northern delegates selected him as Stephen Douglas's vice-presidential
running-mate. Following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president and the
secession of Georgia, Johnson remained loyal to his state. During the Civil War
he served in the second Confederate congress (1862-1865). In 1866 he was elected
to the U.S. Senate, but Radical Republicans in Congress refused to seat him.
Subsequently, he practiced law and served as a circuit court judge (1873-1880)
in Georgia.
Source consulted: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. |
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