James Hutchins Johnson

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James Hutchins Johnson (born June 3, 1802 in Bath , Grafton County , New Hampshire , † September 2, 1887 ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Johnson attended public schools in his home country. Then he ran a sawmill. In 1824 and 1825 he was the deputy chief of police in Grafton County. In 1826 he served as paymaster in the New Hampshire Militia. Later he rose in this unit to colonel. Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the New Hampshire Senate in 1839 . In 1842 and 1845 he was a State Councilor and advisor to the state government.

In the congressional elections of 1844, the last state-wide held in New Hampshire, Johnson was elected as his party's candidate for the third seat of the state in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John on March 4, 1845 Randall Reding took over. Then, his state was in electoral districts divided. In the election of 1846 he was re-elected to Congress in the fourth district . This enabled him to complete a total of two legislative terms there by March 3, 1849. This period was overshadowed by the events of the Mexican-American War . After the American victory, many new territories came under American sovereignty in the west and southwest of what is now the United States, including the states of Texas and California . It was then that the border with Canada in the northwest was established. These issues were the subject of many Congress sessions at that time.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, Johnson withdrew from politics and devoted himself to his private business. He died on September 2, 1887 in his native Bath.

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