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Lincoln, were retained through his administra- tion by President Jolinson. Mr, Adams resigned in 1868, and was succeeded by Reverdy Joluison, and Gen. John A. Dix was appointed, in 1SG6, U.S. minister to France, John Hay, charge d'af- faires, being transferred to Austria as charge d'affaires, and in 18G8, Henry M. Watts, of Penn- sylvania, was made U.S. minister to Austria and Austria-Hungary. Upon the exi)iration of his term of office, March 4, 1869, Mr. Johnson re- turned to Tennessee. He was a candidate for the U.S. senate, and in 1873 was candidate for repre- sentative in congress for the state at large, but was defeated. He was elected to the U.S. senate in 1875, and before the end of the first session, he returned to Tennessee to visit his daughter, at Carter's Station, where he was stricken with paralj'sis, and died. He was buried at Greene- ville, Tenn., and a monument was erected to liis memory by his family. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1866. He died at Carter's Station, Carter county, Tenn., July 30, 1875.

JOHNSON, Benjamin Pierce, agriculturist, was born in Canaan, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1793. He was graduated at Union college in 1813, studied law in Hudson, N.Y.,and practised in Rome, N.Y. He was a member of the New York as- sembly, 1827-30; president of the New York State Agricultural society in 1845, its corresponding secretary, 1847-69; and a commissioner to the World's fairs in London in 1851 and 1*863. He was editor of the New York Farmer, 1843-44; the Transactions of the New York Agricultural so- ciety, 1846-54, and the Journal of the New York Agricultural society, 1850-53. He is the author of: The Dairy (1857) and numerous reports, papers and essays on agricultural subjects. He died in Albany, N.Y., April 13, 1869.

JOHNSON, Bradley Tyler, soldier, was born in Frederick, Md., Sept. 39, 1839; son of Charles Worthington and Eleanor Murdock (Tyler) John- son; grandson of Col. Baker and Catliarine (Wortliington) Johnson and of William Bradley and Harriet (Murdock) Tyler; great-grandson of Col. Nicholas Worthington of Belvoir, and a descendant of Capt. Thomas Johnson, who was born in Yarmouth, Norfolk county, England, in 1644, and settled in Calvert county, Md., in 1690; and of Robert Tyler, who immigrated to Prince George county, Md., 1660. Col. Baker Johnson was a Revolutionary soldier and fougiit at Brandywine and Germantown. Bradley Tyler Johnson was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1849, A.M., 1851; studied law at Harvard, 1850-51, was admitted to the bar, and practised in Frederick, Md., 1851-61. He was elected state's attorney of Frederick county, November, 1851; chairman of the Democratic

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state committee, 1859, and delegate to the Dem- ocratic national convention in 1860, and sup- ported the southern wing of the party. When the civil war broke out he organized a company at his own expense and served in the 1st Mary- land (Confederate) regiment as its cap- tain. He was pro- moted major, June 16, 1861; lieutenant- colonel, July 21, 18- 61, and colonel, March 18, 1862. He was commissioned briga- dier-general of caval- ry, June 28, 1864, and commanded his regi- ment in all the bat- tles of the Shenan- doah valley and in the seven days' battles around Richmond, Va. At Harrisburg, June 6, 1862, Colonel Johnson had his horse sliot under him, and on the death of Gen. Turner Asliby, Johnson with his regi- ment '• drove the enemy off with heavy loss," capturing Lieut.-Col. Thomas C. Kane of the Pennsylvania "Bucktails"; and in the battle of Cross Keys, June 8, 1863, by direction of General Ewell, he carried one of the captured bucktails, the insignia of their beaten foe, affixed to his colors as a trophy. On Aug. 28, 1863, lie com- manded the 3d brigade of Jackson's division and in the raid around Pope's army captured a mes- senger with important dispatches, that disclosed to Jackson the tactics of the Federal command- ers. The remnant of his regiment, decimated by lo.ss, was mustered out and he was assigned to Gen. T. J. Jackson's division. He commanded a brigade under Early in 1864, and took part in the attack on Washington. On July 3, 1864, at Lee- town, he drove ]Mulligan across the railroad, and was in turn driven bade by Siegel, who reinforced Mulligan, and on June 11 he warned Early of the reinforcement of Washington by two corps from General Grant's army, and Early withdrew from before the citj'. As an acknowledgment of his services in defeating the purposes of Kilpatrick's and Dalilgren's raids around Richmond. Feb. 38, 1864, Colonel Johnson's services were recognized in general orders, and lie was presented with a sabre of Gen. Wade Hampton. He took heroic measures to feed the Federal prisoners in NortJi Carolina while in command of the post at Salis- bury, N.C., 1864-65. After the war he settled in Riclimond, Va., and practised law, 1865-79. He removed to Baltimore and continued his prac- tice there, 1879-90. He was a member of the Democratic national convention, 1873; a member