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served in the war of 1813 as captain of a rifle company, and in 1815 was elected to the state legislature. He was a Democratic repx'esenta- tive in the 18th-20th congresses, 1823-29 ; in the 22d congress as successor to Philip Doddridge, who died Nov. 19, 1833 ; in the 34th-26th con- gresses, 1835-41, and in the 39th congress, 1845- 47. He was a delegate to the constitutional con- vention of Virginia, 1850, and was governor of the state, 1853-56. During the civil war lie was a firm suijporter of the Confederate cause. He died in Bridgeport, W. Va., Feb. 37, 1877.

JOHNSON, Joseph French, financier, was born at Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 34, 1853 ; son of Gard- ner Nye and Eliza (French) Johnson, and grandson of Silas Nye and Susan (Whipple) Johnson. His ancestor, John Johnson, immigrated from England in 1635 and settled at Millbury, Mass., where he was a selectman. Joseph attended the public schools and Jennings seminary, Aurora, 111., Northwestern university, Evanston, 111., 1873-74 ; Harvard college, 1874-75 ; University of Halle, Germany, 1875-76, and was graduated from Har- vard, A.B., 1878. He was a teacher of classics at Harvard school, Chicago, 111., 1878-81 ; and was engaged on the staffs of the Springfield, Mass. , Republican, 1881-84 ; the Chicago Tribune, 1884-90; the Spokane, Wash,, Spokesman, 1890-93. He was married, Aug. 4, 1884, to Caroline Temper- ance Stolp, a descendant of Hannah Duston. He was associate professor of business practice at the University of Pennsylvania, 1893-94 ; was ap- pointed professor of journalism in the University of Pennsylvania in 1894, and lecturer on finance in the Columbian university, Washington, D.C., in 1899. He was appointed, in 1899, expert for the industrial commission, and made a report upon railroad financiering in May, 1 900. He was elect- ed a member of the American Academy of Polit- ical and Social Science in 1893 and of the Ameri- can Economic association in 1896. He is the author of : Principles of Money, Ajjplied to Cur- rent Problems (1896) ; Proposed Reforms of the Monetary System (1898); Money and Credit (1900) ; A Discussion of the Interrogatories of the Mone- tary Commission, and contributions to periodicals on the subject of finance.

JOHNSON, Joseph Horsfall, first bishop of Los Angeles, and 179th in succession in the American episcopate, was born at Schenectady, N.Y., June 7, 1847 ; son of Stephen and Eleanor (Horsfall) Johnson ; grandson of Caleb and Mary (Beach) Johnson, and a descendant of William Johnson of Waterford, Conn. He was graduated from Williams college in 1870, and from the General Theological seminary, New York city, in 1873. He was made deacon, 1873 ; ordained priest, 1874, and was in charge of Holy Trinity church. Highland, N.Y., 1873-79; rector of Trinity

church, Bristol, R.I., 1873-81 ; St. Peter's church, Westchester, N.Y., 1881-86, and Christ church, Detroit, Mich., 1886-96. He was consecrated bishop of the newly-organized diocese of Los Angeles, Cal., at Detroit, Feb. 34, 1896, by Bishops Davies, Worthington, Talbot, Abiel Leonard, W. A. Leonard, Nicholson and Gailor. He re- ceived the degree of D.D. from Nashotah in 1895. Bishop Johnson made St Paul's chui-ch, Los An- geles, the pro-cathedral of the diocese and became its official head, having four assistants in the ad- ministration of the services and the care of the parish.

JOHNSON, riadison Conyers, financier, was born near Georgetown, Ky., Sept. 31, 1806 ; son of William Johnson and grandson of Col. Robert Johnson, pioneer to Scott county, 1779. He was graduated from Transylvania university, A.B., with first honors in 1833, andLL. B. in 1835. He became a leading lawyer of Kentucky. In 1837, when the Northern Bank of Kentucky was formed on the ruins of the old Bank of Kentucky and the Bank of the Commonwealth, Mr. Johnson was- made director, and was elected president in 1858, holding both positions till his death. He was a member of the commission to prepare the Ken- tucky code of practice in 1850 ; and was a repre- sentative in the legislature in 1853-54, and again, 1857-58. At his suggestion, made to Secretary Windom in 1890, the three per cent. U.S. bonds were issued, which resulted in a saving of millions of dollars to the government. He was a trustee of Transylvania university and president of the law department of Kentucky university, 1865-86. He- died in Lexington, Ky., Dec. 7, 1886.

JOHNSON, riartin Nelson, representative, was born in Racine county. Wis., March 3, 1850 ; son of Nelson and Anna (Selheim) Johnson. He- removed to Iowa in 1850 and was graduated from the State University of Iowa, A.B., 1873, LL.B., 1876. He taught in the California Mili- tary academy, Oakland, 187.3-75, and was admit- ted to the bar in 1876. He was a representative- in the 15th general assembly of Iowa, 1877 ; state senator, 1878-83, and presidential elector on the- Hayes ticket in 1876. He removed to Dakota Territory in 1882 and took up government land, on which he thereafter resided. He was elected district attorney of Nelson county, Dakota Ter- ritory, in 1886 and 1888 ; a member of the consti- tutional convention of North Dakota in 1889 ;, chairman of the first Republican state convention, 1889, and in November of that year received forty- two out of a total of eighty votes for U.S. senator at the Republican legislative caucus, but was- defeated in the joint convention. He was a rep- resentative at large in the 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th congresses, 1891-98, and was succeeded by Bur- leigh Folsom Spalding, Republican.