Reverdy Johnson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 148 years ago |
Date of birth | May 21,1796 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Annapolis |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 10,1876 |
Died | Annapolis |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery |
Previous offices | MD |
Latest noncurrent party | Democratic Party |
Place of burial | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
Current partner | Mary Mackall Johnson |
Children | Matilda Elizabeth Bowie Johnson Gwinn |
Maria Louisa Travers | |
Books | Official Opinion of the Hon. R. Johnson, Attorney General, U.S., on the question of Mileage at a special Session of the Senate |
Party | Democratic Party |
Great grandchild | Maria Griswold Gray |
Harriet Wadsworth Harper | |
Previous position | United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1868–1869) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 662123 |
Reverdy Johnson Life story
Reverdy Johnson was an American politician, statesman, and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his courts-martial, and Mary Surratt, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.