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See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
JOHNSON, See also:RICHARD See also:MENTOR (1781–1850) , ninth See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:United States, was See also:born at See also:Bryant's Station, See also:Kentucky, on the 17th of See also:October 1781. He was admitted to the See also:bar in 1800, and became prominent as a lawyer and Democratic politician, serving in the Federal See also:House of Representatives and in the See also:Senate for many years. From 1837 to 1841 he was vice-president of the United States, to which position he was elected over See also:Francis See also:Granger, by the Senate, none of the four candidates for the vice-See also:presidency having received a See also:majority of the electoral votes. The opposition to Johnson within the party greatly increased during his See also:term, and the Democratic See also:national See also:convention of 184o adopted the unprecedented course of refusing to nominate anyone for the vice-presidency. In the ensuing See also:election Johnson received most of the Democratic electoral votes, but was defeated by the Whig See also:candidate, See also:John See also:Tyler. He died in See also:Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 19th of See also:November 185o.
End of Article: JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
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