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| In office March 8, 1849 – July 21, 1850 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Toucey |
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| Born | May 21, 1796 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 1876 (aged 79) Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Whig, Democrat |
| Spouse | Mary M. The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Isaac Toucey ( November 15, 1792 July 30, 1869) was an American statesman who served as a U John Jordan Crittenden ( September 10, 1786 July 26, 1863) was an American statesman from Kentucky. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Annapolis is the capital of the US state of Maryland, as well as the County seat of Anne Arundel County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Annapolis is the capital of the US state of Maryland, as well as the County seat of Anne Arundel County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Johnson |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Reverdy Johnson (May 21, 1796 – February 10, 1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
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Early life
Born in Annapolis, Johnson was the son of a distinguished Maryland lawyer and politician, John Johnson (1770 - 1824). Annapolis is the capital of the US state of Maryland, as well as the County seat of Anne Arundel County. He graduated from St. John's College in 1812 and then studied law. St John's College is a Liberal arts college with two US campuses Annapolis Maryland and Santa Fe New Mexico. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and then moved to Baltimore, where he became a legal colleague of Luther Martin, William Pinkney and Roger B. Taney. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction Luther Martin ( February 9, 1748 &ndash July 8, 1826) was a politician and one of United States ' Founding Fathers William Pinkney ( March 17, 1764 &ndash February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat and the seventh U Roger Brooke Taney ( "tawny" March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the twelfth United States Attorney General From 1821 until 1825 he served in the Maryland State Senate and then returned to practice law for two decades. Maryland State Senate is the Upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U
Federal politics
From 1845 to 1849, he represented Maryland in the United States Senate as a Whig, and from March 1849 until July 1850 he was Attorney General of the United States under President Zachary Taylor. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Zachary Taylor (November 24 1784 &ndash July 9 1850 was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. He resigned that position when Millard Fillmore took office. Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig
A conservative Democrat, he supported Stephen A. Douglas in the presidential election of 1856. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Stephen Arnold Douglas ( April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and The United States presidential election of 1856 was unusually heated He represented the slave-owning defendant in the infamous 1857 case Dred Scott v. Sandford. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another A defendant or defender ( Δ in Legal shorthand) is any party who is required to answer the Complaint of a Plaintiff Dred Scott v Sandford —whether or not they were slaves—could never be Citizens of the United States, and that the United States Congress Personally opposed to slavery and was a key figure in the effort to keep Maryland from seceding from the Union during the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
From left to right: William B. Preston, Thomas Ewing, John M. Clayton, Zachary Taylor, William M. Meredith, George W. Crawford, Jacob Collamer and Reverdy Johnson, (1849). William B Preston redirects here For the presiding bishop of the LDS Church of the same name see William B Thomas Ewing Sr ( December 28, 1789 &ndash October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from This article is about the US Secretary of State and Senator from Delaware. Zachary Taylor (November 24 1784 &ndash July 9 1850 was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. William Morris Meredith ( June 8, 1799 &ndash August 17, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician George Walker Crawford ( December 22, 1798 July 27, 1872) was a Georgia politician during the nineteenth century. Jacob Collamer ( January 8, 1792 &ndash November 9, 1865) was an American politician from Vermont. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
He served as a Maryland delegate to the Peace Convention of 1861 and from 1861 to 1862 served in the Maryland House of Delegates. The Peace Conference of 1861 was a meeting of more than 100 of the leading politicians of the Antebellum United States held in Washington D The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U During this time he represented Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his court-martial, arguing that Porter's distinguished record of service ought to put him beyond question. Fitz John Porter ( August 31, 1822 &ndash May 21, 1901) (sometimes written FitzJohn Porter) was a career United States Army The Court-martial of Fitz John Porter ( November 25, 1862 January 22, 1863) was a major event of the American Civil War The officers on the court-martial, all handpicked by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, voted to convict Porter of cowardice and disobedience. Edwin McMasters Stanton ( December 19, 1814 &ndash December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer politician United States
After the capture of New Orleans, he was commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln to revise the decisions of the military commandant, General Benjamin F. Butler, in regard to foreign governments, and reversed all those decisions to the entire satisfaction of the administration. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5 1818 January 11 1893 was an American Lawyer and Politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States After the war, representing the riven points of view held by his fellow statesmen, Johnson argued for a gentler Reconstruction effort than that advocated by the Radical Republicans. In the History of the United States, " Reconstruction " refers to the time between 1863 and 1877 when the U The Radical Republicans is a term applied to a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War
In 1863 he again took a seat in the United States Senate, serving through 1868. In 1865, he defended Mary Surratt before a military tribunal. Mary Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins Surratt (May/June 1823 in Waterloo Maryland, USA &ndash July 7, 1865 in Washington D Surratt was convicted and executed for plotting and aiding Lincoln's assassination. In 1866, he was a delegate to the National Union Convention which attempted to build support for President Johnson. The National Union Convention (also known as the Loyalist Convention, the Southern Loyalist Convention, or the National Loyalists' Loyal Union Convention Senator Johnson's report on the proceedings of the convention was entered into the record of President Johnson's impeachment trial. In 1868 he was appointed minister to the United Kingdom and soon after his arrival in England negotiated the Johnson-Clarendon Treaty for the settlement of disputes arising out of the Civil War; this, however, the Senate refused to ratify, and he returned home on the accession of General Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency. The United Kingdom (UK is a key player in international politics with interests throughout the world Ratification is the act of giving official sanction or approval to a formal document such as a treaty or constitution Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Again resuming his legal practice, he was engaged by the government in the prosecution of cases against the Ku Klux Klan as well as work compiling the reports of the decisions of the Maryland Court of Appeals. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are The Maryland Court of Appeals is the supreme court of the US state of Maryland.
In 1876, he fell from a balcony at the Governor's Mansion in Annapolis and was killed instantly. The Governor of Maryland heads the Executive branch of the government of the U He is buried in Greenmount Cemetery at Baltimore. Green Mount Cemetery is a historic Cemetery located in Baltimore Maryland, United States. Prior to his death, Johnson had been the last surviving member of the Taylor Cabinet.
Further reading
- Steiner, Bernard C. , Life of Reverdy Johnson, New Library Press. Net. ISBN 0-7950-2452-5
References and external links
- Reverdy Johnson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Reverdy Johnson at Find-A-Grave
| United States Senate | ||
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| Preceded by William D. Merrick |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Maryland March 4, 1845 – March 7, 1849 Served alongside: James A. Pearce |
Succeeded by David Stewart |
| Preceded by Anthony Kennedy |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Maryland March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1868 Served alongside: Thomas Holliday Hicks, John A. J. Creswell, Philip F. Thomas and George Vickers |
Succeeded by William Pinkney Whyte |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Isaac Toucey |
United States Attorney General March 8, 1849 – July 21, 1850 |
Succeeded by John J. Crittenden |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by Charles Francis Adams, Sr. |
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1868 – 1869 |
Succeeded by John Lothrop Motley |
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