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first honors of the chiss with Alexander H. Stepliens and William H. Crawford, Jr. He taught school, studied law, 1832-35; was admit- ted to the bar in 1835, and in 1836 settled in prac- tice at Columbus, Ga. He was representative —-'-—. from Georgia in the 32d

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feated for re-election by Al- fred H. Colquitt; was a member of the Native Amer- ican convention in 1857, and a delegate to the Native American state convention 1858 that nominated Warren Akin for gov- ernor. At the close of the civil war he was appointed provisional governor of Georgia by- President Johnson, and served from June 17 to Dec. 19, 1865. He was a candidate for the U.S. senate in 1866; collector of U.S. customs at Savannah, Ga., 1866-69; judge of the su- perior court of the Chattahoochee circuit by appointment for an unexpired term, July 1, 1869, was reappointed, Oct. 19, 1870, for eight years, and resigned, Oct. 1, 1875, to resume the practice of law. He was an elector on the Grant and Colfax ticket in 1872. He was married in 1834 to Ann Johnson, of Jones county, Ga., who died in Columbus, Nov. 7, 1890. Of their nine children only one survived him, Walter H. Johnson, who was in 1900 U.S. marshal for the northern district of Georgia, Judge Johnson died at his planta- tion in Chattahoochee county, Ga., Nov. 30, 1891. JOHNSON, James Neely, governor of Cali- fornia, was born in Warwick county, Indiana, in 1825. He was educated in his native state and in 1849 removed to California. He studied law and then settled in practice in Sacramento, where he was city attorney and district attorney. He was elected governor of the state of California by the Native American party in 1855, serving 1856-58. After the close of his term he removed to Carson, Nev., where he engaged in the prac- tice of law, and was appointed judge of the su- preme court. He was married in 1852 to a daughter of J. C. Zabriskie, a prominent lawyer. He died at Salt Lake City, Utah, in August, 1872. JOHNSON, James T., representative, was born in Putnam county, Ind., Jan. 19, 1839. He was educated in the public schools, studied law, 1861- 62, and in July, 1862, enlisted as a private in the 6th Indiana cavalry. He was transferred to the 8tli Tennessee cavalry in Sei)tember, 1863, receiv- ing a commission as 2d lieutenant. He resigned in January, 1864, on account of disability. He subsequently served as commissary sergeant of the 133d Indiana infantry, was commissioned first lieutenant and assistant quartermaster of the 149th Indiana infantry, and was mustered out in 1865. He was admitted to the bar in 1866,

was prosecuting attorney, 1866-68; a represent- ative from Parke county, Ind., in the state leg- islature in 1868, and state senator from the counties of Parke and Vermillion, 1874-78. He was a Republican representative from the eighth Indiana district in the 49th and 50th congresses, 1885-89. After the expiration of his service in congi'ess he engaged in the i:)ractice of law in Rockville, Ind.

JOHNSON, Jeremiah Augustus, archseologist, was born in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1836; son of Lorenzo D. and IMarj^ (Purges) Johnson; grand- son of Jeremiah and Thomazin (Blanchard) Johnson and a descendant of James Gibson, who took part in the siege of Louisbui'g; and of John and Priscilla (Molines) Alden, of Plymouth colony. He received an academic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar of New York in 1870 and later to the bar of the U.S. sui)reme court and other Federal courts. He served as U.S. consul at Beirut, Syria, 1858-67, and as consul-general, 1867-70, when he resigned the office, returned to New York, and settled in the practice of law, being employed as counsel for many i-ailroads and large corporations. He discovered the famous Hamath stones in Syria with the Hittite inscriptions and wrote an ac- count of them in 1870. He was a member of the Committee of Seventy in New York; president of the Confederate Council of Good Government clubs, and of Good Government Club E to Pro- mote Education and the Public Scbools; a mem- ber of the executive committee of the Civil Serv- ice Reform association; a member of the New England society, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of American Revolution, the Union League, City and Lawyers' clubs, and a director of the Legal Aid society.

JOHNSON, John, clergyman, was born at Charleston, S.C, Dec. 25, 1829; son of Dr. Joseph and Catharine (Bonneavi) Johnson; grandson of William Johnson, soldier and patriot of the Rev- olution, in South Carolina. He was educated at Charleston, S.C.; engaged in civil engineering on the surveys, construction and operation of railways, 1847-57, and then entered the Univer- sity of Virginia, studying for two years and tak- ing honors there. He served in the Confederate anny, 1861-65, in North and South Carolina and Georgia as lieutenant, captain and major of engineers; and was for fifteen months engineer in charge of Fort Sumter during its heavy and prolonged bombardments; there he was twice wounded. He was also present at the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, N.C. He was or- dained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal churcli in 1866, was in charge of Grace church, Camden, S.C, 1866-71, and in 1871 was made rector of St. Philip's church, Charleston, S.C. He was