CS Con Johnson, Herschel V. - C.S. Senator, GA

Herschel Vespasian Johnson
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Born: September 18, 1812

Birthplace: Farmer’s Bridge, Burke County, Georgia

Father: Moses Johnson

Mother: Nancy Palmer 1786 – 1855
(Buried: Hopeful Baptist Church, Dyes Crossroad, Georgia)​

Wife: Ann Fromentine Polk 1809 – 1884
(Buried: Louisville City Cemetery, Louisville, Georgia)​

Children:

Tallulah Johnson Horne 1840 – 1925​
(Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia)​
Captain Tomlinson Fort Johnson Sr. 1846 – 1919​
(Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1834: Graduated from University of Georgia​

Occupation before War:
1839: Moved to his plantation Sandy Grove in Jefferson County​
1839 – 1844: Attorney in Louisville Georgia​
1843: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congressman​
1844: Democratic Party Presidential Elector​
1844 – 1848: Attorney in Milledgeville, Georgia​
1847: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Georgia​
1848: appointed to U.S. Senate to fill vacancy of Walter T. Colquitt​
1848 – 1849: United States Senator from Georgia​

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1849: Choose not to be a candidate for election to fill vacancy​
1849 – 1853: Judge of Ocmulgee Circuit Superior Court​
1852: Democratic Party Presidential Elector​
1853 – 1857: Governor of Georgia​
1857 – 1861: Attorney and Plantation Owner in Louisville, Georgia​
1860: Unsuccessful Democratic Party Vice – Presidential Candidate​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention​
1863 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Georgia​
1863: Joined the Confederate States Senate on January 19th​.​
1863: Proposed constitutional amendment permitting nullification​
1863 – 1864: Member of Senate Finance Committee​
1863: Temporary Member of Senate Post Offices and Post Roads​
1863 – 1865: Member of Senate Naval Affairs Committee​
1864: Member of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee​
Disliked most of the Davis Administration Programs​
He was known for his skills for compromise even in emergency​
He supported Higher taxes but he would accept them only on income​
He saw a need for impressment​
1863: Proposed impossible restrictions on impressment operation.​
Worked to improve the army but opposed conscription​
He was against inflation control, arming the slaves and suspending the writ of habeas corpus​
Was a leader in plotting for an honorable peace.​
1865: Worked for reconstruction with only the guarantee that slavery would be recognized​

Occupation after War:

1865: President of Georgia State Constitutional Convention​
1865 – 1873: Attorney in Louisville, Georgia​
1866: Presented credentials to serve as US Senator but not allowed.​
1873 – 1880: Judge of Georgia Middle Circuit Court​

Died: August 16, 1880

Place of Death: Sandy Grove Plantation, Louisville, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Louisville City Cemetery, Louisville, Georgia
 
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He was against inflation control, arming the slaves and suspending the writ of habeas corpus
Was a leader in plotting for an honorable peace.
1865: Worked for reconstruction with only the guarantee that slavery would be recognized
I've read up stuff like this in Bruce Levine's "Confederate Emancipation". There was a large faction of Confederate firebrands who thought they could negotiate to keep slavery in exchange for defecting to the Union. Of course, the Union wasn't in the mood for that kinda stuff when they marched into the Carolinas in 1865. Its one of the reason I have little love for the planters...at least those who aren't on the frontline getting shot.
 
I never really gave it much thought as to who Stephen Douglas had as a running mate in 1860. Plus he's the guy who filled Toombs' Senate seat in 1863. Not sure of the details yet and need to do a little research. Pretty sure it had something to do with Toombs' being away from Congress as a Brigadier General and his resignation.
 
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Actually it was a man named John Wood Lewis who filled Toombs' seat on April 7, 1862 when Toombs refused or declined to the Confederate Congress. Herschel Johnson then took this seat in the following election. I am sorry for the confusion, I am reading several different biographys and am getting conflicting information and still probably got it wrong??
 
Actually it was a man named John Wood Lewis who filled Toombs' seat on April 7, 1862 when Toombs refused or declined to the Confederate Congress. Herschel Johnson then took this seat in the following election. I am sorry for the confusion, I am reading several different biographys and am getting conflicting information and still probably got it wrong??
He filled the Senate Seat of John Wood Lewis. Toombs was never a senator for the Confederacy.
 
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