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Rh in 1880 he accepted a pastorate in Chicago, and also became lecturer on sacred rhetoric in the Theological seminary of the northwest. In July, 1883, he resigned his pastoral charge and accepted the professorship of sacred rhetoric and pastoral theology in the seminary. He was moderator of the general assembly at Springfield, ill., in 1882, and is president of the Presbyterian church board of aid for colleges and academies, and of the board of trustees of Lake Forest university. The de- gree of D. D. was conferred on him by Western Re- serve college in 1867. Besides many sermons and articles in periodicals, he has published " Christi- anity's Challenge " (Chicago, 1882) ; " Plain Talks about the Theatre " (1883) ; and " Revivals, their Place and Power" (1883).

JOHNSON, Herschel Vespasian, statesman, b. in Burke county, Ga., 18 Sept., 1812 ; d. in Jef- ferson county, Ga., 16 Aug., 1880. He was gradu- ated at the university of Georgia in 1834, studied law, and practised in Augusta, Ga., till 1839, when he removed to Jef- ferson county. In 1840 he entered poli- tics as a Democrat, and in 1844 he re- moved to Milledge- ville, serving also in that year as a presi- dential elector. He was subsequently ap- pointed U. S. sena- tor in place of Wal- ter T. Colquitt, re- signed, serving from 14 Feb., 1848. till 3 March, 1849. In No- vember of the latter year he was elected, by the legislature of Georgia, judge of the supe- rior court for the Ocmulgee district, which office he occupied until his nomination as governor in 1853, when he resigned. He had in the mean time been a member of the Southern Rights party, but when Georgia resolved to acquiesce in the com- promise measures of 1850 he was one of the first to declare that the causes that had led to the or- fanization of that movement had ceased to exist. Te was elected governor in 1853, and re-elected in 1855. In 1860 he was nominated for the vice- presidency on the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas. He opposed the secession of Georgia to the last ; but when the fact was accomplished he cast his lot with his state, and was chosen to the Confederate senate. In 1864 he began the " peace movement " on the basis of state sovereignty. In September of the same year he held a conference with An- drew Johnson regarding reconstruction, and the following month presided over the Georgia con- stitutional convention. In January, 1866, on the restoration of his state to the Union, he was chosen as one of the two U. S. senators to which Georgia was entitled, but was unable to serve under the re- construction acts of congress. He then resumed the practice of the law, and when his disabilities were finally removed he was, in 1873, placed on the circuit bench for the term of eight years, which office he filled until his death. As an orator, a constitutional lawyer, and a jurist. Judge Johnson took high rank.

JOHNSON, Horace Channcey, artist, b. in Ox- ford, Conn., 1 Feb., 1820. He was educated at a preparatory school in Cheshire, Conn., began his art study under Albert H. Emmons, at Hartford, and afterward entered the antique school of the National academy in New York city. He went to Italy in 1856, and remaining there between two and three years, most of the time in Rome, where he was a pupil of Ferraro, and also studied in the English life-school and under William Page. His Erofessional career has been passed in Italy and in is native state, where he now resides, at Water- bury. His work has consisted chiefly of portraits. Among his other pictures are " Roman Mother " (1857) ; " Roman Peasants on the Campagna " and "Grape Gatherers of Gensano" (1858); "Italian Kitchen " and " Betrothal of Joseph and Mary " (1865) ; " Italian Girls at the Fountain " and " Az- rael " (1885) ; and " Rebecca at the Well " (1886).

JOHNSON, Isaac, colonist, b. in Clipsham, Rut- landshire, England ; d. in Boston, 30 Sept., 1630. He first came to this country with Winthrop, ar- riving at Salem on 12 June, 1630, and was one of the four that founded the first church at Charles- town on 30 July of that year. The lack of good water at Charlestown induced them, on 7 Sept., to remove to Shawmut, now Boston, which was set- tled under Johnson's supervision. He was the richest man in the colony, and was noted for his goodness and wisdom. — His wife, Arbella, d. in Salem about 30 Aug., 1630, was the daughter of Thomas, 14th Earl of Lincoln. She accompanied her husband to New England, and suffered much from the hardships that the early colonists had to endure. In her honor, the name of " The Eagle," Winthrop's ship, was changed to " The Arbella."

JOHNSON, James, soldier, b. in Orange coun- ty, Va., 1 Jan., 1774; d. in Great Crossings, Scott co., Ky., 14 Aug., 1826. He was the son of Robert Johnson, who emigrated to Kentucky during the Revolutionary war, and was prominent in the conflicts between the white men and the natives that grew out of the settlement of the state. James was early inured to the dangers and hardships of a frontier life, and his training enabled him to take an active part in the war of 1812, in which he served as lieutenant-colonel of his brother's regiment. In the battle of the Thames he did much toward deciding the fortunes of the day, having command of the right wing of the U. S. forces. After the war he was a contractor for supplying the troops on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in 1819-20. He was subsequently elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from 5 Dec., 1825, until his death. — His brother, Richard Mentor, vice-president of the United States, b. in Bryant's Station. Ky., 17 Oct., 1781; d. in Frankfort, Ky., 19 Nov., 1850, was educated at Transylvania university, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised at Great Crossings, Ky. He was elected to the state legislature in 1804, and in 1807 was sent to congress as a Republican. Being several times re-elected, he served, with the exception of a few months, from 26 Oct., 1807, till 3 March, 1819. In June, 1812, he voted in favor of a declaration of war with Great Britain, and immediately after the adjournment of congress hastened home, where he raised a battalion of three companies, and after its consolidation with another he was placed in command of the regiment thus formed. After ten months of active service he returned to Washington, resuming his seat in congress, and materially aiding the president in preparing the plan of campaign for the following summer. Being authorized by the secretary of war to raise a regiment of one thousand mounted volunteers, he went to Kentucky at the end of the session in March, and soon raised the required number of men. Making his brother James lieutenant-colo-