Senate Years of Service: 1923-1925
Party: Farmer Laborite JOHNSON Magnus , a Senator and a Representative from Minnesota; born near Karlstad in
Ed Parish, Varmland, Sweden, September 19, 1871;…
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House and Senate, my fellow Americans:
I will be brief, for our time is necessarily short and our agenda is already long.
Last year's congressional…
Senate Years of Service: 1818-1824; 1844-1849
Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Whig JOHNSON Henry , a Senator and a Representative from Louisiana; born in Virginia
September 14…
The Laurence Boy"Jo! Jo! Where are you?" cried Meg at the foot of the garret stairs."Here!" answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her sister eating apples and crying…
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(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician, b. East Windsor (then in Windsor), Conn. He was a precocious child, early interested in things scientific,…
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WELLBORN Marshall Johnson , a Representative from Georgia;
born near Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., May 29, 1808;
attended the University of Georgia at Athens;
studied law;
was admitted to the…
STONE William Johnson , a Representative from Kentucky;
born in Kuttawa, Caldwell (now Lyon) County, Ky., June 26, 1841;
attended the common schools and Q.M. Tyler's Collegiate Institute in Cadiz…
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