Johnson, James

Life Span
to
Full name
James Johnson
Place of Birth
Robeson County, NC
Burial Place
Columbus, GA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Peter Johnson (father), Nancy McNeil Johnson (mother), Ann Harris (wife)
Other Education
University of Georgia
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Democratic
Whig
American Party (Know Nothings or Nativists)
Government
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
US House of Representatives
Governor
Date Event
Georgia holds elections for representatives to a planned State Convention in Milledgeville, the capital.
Charles Jones Jenkins is inaugurated as the first post-Civil War elected governor of Georgia
Reconstruction
Date Title
James Johnson, "Proclamation of Arrangements for a State Convention," July 13, 185, Milledgeville, Georgia
Date Title
Andrew Johnson to James Johnson, October 28, 1865, Washington, D.C.
How to Cite This Page: "Johnson, James," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/44736.