US Con Johnson, Reverdy - U.S. Senator, MD

Reverdy Johnson
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Born: May 21, 1796

Birthplace: Annapolis, Maryland

Father: John Johnson Sr. 1770 – 1824

(Buried: Hancock Cemetery, Hancock, Maryland)​

Mother: Deborah Johnson 1773 – 1847

(Buried: Saint Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)​

Wife: Mary Mackall Bowie 1801 – 1873

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Children:

Mary Johnson Morris 1822 – 1915​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Eliza Ridgely Johnson Daingerfield 1823 – 1897​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Reverdy Johnson Jr. 1826 – 1907​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Maria Louisa Johnson Travers 1827 – 1893​

(Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island)​

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Matilda Elizabeth Bowie Johnson Gwinn 1829 – 1911​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Emily Contee Johnson Lewis 1832 – 1909​

(Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Virginia)​

Major Louis Eichelberger Johnson 1837 – 1905​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Edward Contee Johnson 1843 – 1905​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Political Party:

Before – 1860: Member of Whig Party ​

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1860 – 1872: Member of Democratic Party ​

Education:

1811: Graduated from St. John's College

Occupation before War:

1815 – 1816: Attorney in Upper Marlboro, Maryland​

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1816 – 1817: Maryland State Deputy Attorney General​

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Maryland State Chief Commissioner of Insolvent debtors​

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1821 – 1829: Maryland State Senator​

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1829 – 1845: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland​

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1845 – 1849: United States Senator from Maryland​

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1845 – 1847: Member of Senate Finance Committee​

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1845 – 1849: Member of Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee​

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1849 – 1850: United States Attorney General​

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1860 – 1861: Maryland State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861: Member of Washington, D. C. Peace Conference​

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Commissioned to revise decisions of military commandant​

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1863 – 1868: United States Senator from Maryland​

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1863 – 1867: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​

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1863 – 1865: Member of Senate Library Committee​

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1865: First Attorney in the trial of Mary Surratt​

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1868: United States Senator from Maryland​

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1863 – 1868: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​

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1866: Delegate to National Union Convention​

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1866: Addressed congress on appointment of Provisional Governors.​

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1867: Voted in support of the Reconstruction Act​

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1867 – 1868: Member of Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​

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1868: Voted against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.​

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1868: Resigned from United States Senate on July 10th​​

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1868 – 1869: United States Minister to Great Britain​

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1869 – 1876: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland​

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Complier of decisions for Maryland State Court of Appeals​

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1876: Guest to Governor at Governor's Mansion falling near a basement door​

Died: February 10, 1876

Place of Death: Annapolis, Maryland

Cause of Death: Fall hitting his head on sharp corner of Governor's mansion granite base course, and then cobblestone pavement

Age at time of Death: 79 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

 

[Pollaco]

His resignation from the Senate in 1849 was to become Attorney General in Zachary Taylor's Cabinet. His resignation in 1869 was to serve as Minister to Great Britain.

 

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According to one biography Johnson represented the slaveholder in the Dred Scott case.