Reverdy Johnson

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1796-05-21

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1876-02-10

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"Reverdy Johnson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00005351, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Baltimore, Maryland, attorney and politician. Annapolis, Maryland, native. Married to Mary M. Johnson. Father of Camilla Johnson, Matilda Johnson, Emily C. Johnson, Reverdy Johnson, Jr., Louis E. Johnson, Ella Johnson, Bowie Johnson, and Edward C. Johnson. Graduate of St. John's College (Annapolis) in 1811. Admitted to the Maryland bar in 1815. Deputy attorney general for the state of Maryland from 1816 to 1817. Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1821 to 1829. Member of the Senate of the United States of America from 1845 to 1849. Member of the Whig Party. Attorney General of the United States, under President Zachary Taylor, from 1849 to 1850. Attorney in Baltimore in 1850 and 1860. Member of the Senate of the United States of America from Maryland from 1863 to 1868.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Johnson, Reverdy," (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000169) (accessed May 8, 2017); Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Baltimore County, 10th Ward Baltimore City, p. 100B;Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Baltimore County, 1st District, p. 174.

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