Johnson N. Camden Jr.

Johnson N. Camden

Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. (born January 5, 1865 in Parkersburg , West Virginia , †  August 16, 1942 in Paris , Kentucky ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Kentucky in the US Senate .

Johnson Camden Jr. was the son of Johnson N. Camden of the same name , who served twice in the US Senate for West Virginia. After visiting the Episcopal High School in Alexandria ( Virginia ) he graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover ( Massachusetts ), the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington and Columbia Law School in New York City and the Law School of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . He was inducted into the bar in 1888 but never practiced as a lawyer. Instead, he returned to Kentucky and settled at Spring Hill Farm near Versailles in 1890 , where he worked as a farmer and horse breeder. He also served as President of the Kentucky Jockey Club for some time . As a businessman, he was involved in the development of several coal fields in eastern Kentucky.

After the death of US Senator William O'Connell Bradley on May 23, 1914, the politically inexperienced Camden was appointed as his successor by Governor James B. McCreary . He took up his mandate in Congress from June 16, 1914 and was confirmed on November 3 of the same year by the electorate for the remaining term until March 3, 1915. In the simultaneous election for the following legislative period, he did not run; this won the former governor JCW Beckham , also a Democrat. After his departure from the Senate, Camden withdrew completely from politics and went back to his work as a farmer on a farm near Paris in Bourbon County , where he died on August 16, 1942. He was buried in Frankfort .

Web links

• Johnson N. Camden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Johnson N. Camden junior in the database of Find a Grave (English)