CS Johnston, John Warfield Jr.

John Warfield Johnston Jr.
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Born: September 9, 1818

Birthplace: Panicello near Abingdon, Virginia

Father: Dr. John Warfield Johnston Sr. 1790 – 1818

(Buried: Johnston Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)​

Mother: Louisa Smith Bowen 1800 – 1873

(Buried: Johnston Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)​

Wife: Nicketti Buchanan Floyd 1819 – 1908

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Father–in–law: U.S. Congressman John Floyd 1783 – 1837

(Buried: Catholic Cemetery, Monroe County, West Virginia)​

Children:

John Warfield Johnston III 1842 – 1851​

(Buried: Johnston – Shell Cemetery, Tazewell, Virginia)​

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Laetitia Floyd "Letty" Johnston 1844 – 1888​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Louisa Bowen Johnston Trigg 1846 – 1895​

(Buried: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)​

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Sally Buchanan Floyd Johnston Lee 1848 – 1925​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Lavalette Johnston McMullen 1850 – 1941​

(Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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William Floyd Johnston 1852 – 1869​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Dr. George Benjamin Johnston 1853 – 1916​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Miriam Hartford Johnston 1857 – 1876​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Joseph Beverly Johnston 1859 – 1943​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Coralie Henry Johnston 1861 – 1954​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)​

Education:

Attended South Carolina College​

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Attended University of Virginia Law School​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Tazewell, Virginia​

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1844 – 1846: Tazewell County, Virginia, Commonwealth Attorney​

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1846 – 1848: Virginia State Senator​

Civil War Career:

Served as Confederate States Receiver​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1870: Judge of the Circuit Court in the State of Virginia​

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1870 – 1883: United States Senator from Virginia​

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1877 – 1879: Chairman of Senate Revolutionary Claims Committee​

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1879 – 1881: Chairman of Senate Agriculture Committee​

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1881 – 1883: Chairman of Senate Revolutionary Claims Committee​

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1882: Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to U.S. Senator​

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1883 – 1889: Attorney in Tazewell County, Virginia​

Died: February 27, 1889

Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia

 

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One biography states that Johnston was the first person who sided with the Confederacy to serve in the U.S. Senate. Anyone who fought for or served the Confederacy was not eligible to serve until a 2/3 vote by Congress made them eligible but Johnston's name was removed from that list because he had earlier helped care for a elderly former slave.