Henry U. Johnson

Henry U. Johnson

Henry Underwood Johnson (born October 28, 1850 in Cambridge City , Wayne County , Indiana , †  June 4, 1939 in Richmond , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1899 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Johnson attended the Centerville Collegiate Institute and Earlham College in Richmond. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1872, he began to work in Centerville in this profession. In 1876 he moved his residence and law firm to Richmond. Between 1876 and 1880, Johnson served as the Wayne County prosecutor. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1887 and 1889 he was a member of the Indiana Senate .

In the congressional election of 1890 Johnson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of his state , where he succeeded Thomas M. Browne on March 4, 1891 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1899 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . From 1895 Johnson was chairman of the second electoral committee ( Committee on Elections No. 2 ). In 1898 he decided not to run again.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Henry Johnson moved to the Democratic Party . In the years 1899 and 1900 he practiced in St. Louis ( Missouri ) as a lawyer. He then returned to Richmond, where he continued his legal practice. Politically, he did not appear again until his death on June 4, 1939.

Web links

• Henry U. Johnson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry U. Johnson in the database of Find a Grave (English)