US Senator, CSA Senator. After attending private schools, Johnson graduated from Rector College in 1839 with a law degree. Once admitted to the bar, he practiced law in Harrison County, Virginia but relocated to Osceola, Missouri in 1842. He saw service in the Mexican-American war as a member of the First Missouri Regiment of Mounted Volunteers. By 1847, he was serving as a member of Missouri's House of Representatives. Later he served as circuit attorney and a judge of the seventh judicial circuit. He returned to his legal practice in 1852 and in 1861 attended the peace convention to Washington D.C. to examine possible deterrents to a civil war. Elected as a Democrat to the United State Senate, he served ten months before being discharged. He joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War and rose to lieutenant colonel of the 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment and also served in the Confederate States Senate. After the war, he lived briefly in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada but returned to Osceola and resumed his law practice. He also served as president of Missouri's constitutional convention in 1875.
US Senator, CSA Senator. After attending private schools, Johnson graduated from Rector College in 1839 with a law degree. Once admitted to the bar, he practiced law in Harrison County, Virginia but relocated to Osceola, Missouri in 1842. He saw service in the Mexican-American war as a member of the First Missouri Regiment of Mounted Volunteers. By 1847, he was serving as a member of Missouri's House of Representatives. Later he served as circuit attorney and a judge of the seventh judicial circuit. He returned to his legal practice in 1852 and in 1861 attended the peace convention to Washington D.C. to examine possible deterrents to a civil war. Elected as a Democrat to the United State Senate, he served ten months before being discharged. He joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War and rose to lieutenant colonel of the 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment and also served in the Confederate States Senate. After the war, he lived briefly in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada but returned to Osceola and resumed his law practice. He also served as president of Missouri's constitutional convention in 1875.
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