Johnson, Waldo Porter

Life Span
to
Full name
Waldo Porter Johnson
Place of Birth
Bridgeport, VA
Burial Place
Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
4
Family
William Johnson (father), Olive Waldo Johnson (mother), Emily Moore (wife)
Education
Other
Other Education
Rector College (VA)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Confederate government (1861-65)
US Senate
State legislature
State judge
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee votes to expel Missouri Senators Waldo Johnson and Trusten Polk
The United States Senate expels Missouri Senators Waldo Johnson and Trusten Polk for treason
Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States
Secession
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