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Life Summary
Full name
Robert Ward Johnson
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
3
Family
Benjamin Johnson (father), Mathilda Williams Johnson (mother), Sarah Francis Smith Johnson (first wife - died 1862), Laura Smith Johnson (second wife)
Education
Other
Other Education
St. Joseph's College (KY)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Confederate government (1861-65)
US Senate
US House of Representatives
State legislature
