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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyBen JOHNSON
(1858-1950)
JOHNSON, Ben, a
Representative from Kentucky; born near Bardstown, Nelson County,
Ky., May 20, 1858; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from
St. Mary’s College, Marion County, Ky., in June 1878 and from
the Louisville Law University in 1882; was admitted to the bar in
1882 and commenced practice in Bardstown; member of the State house
of representatives in 1885 and 1887, serving as speaker in the
latter year; appointed by President Cleveland collector of internal
revenue for the fifth Kentucky district on July 10, 1893, and
served until August 10, 1897; member of the State senate from 1905
until his resignation on November 5, 1906; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1927); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia
(Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1926; delegate at large to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1912 and 1920; resumed the
practice of law; died in Bardstown, Ky., June 4, 1950; interment in
St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
Bibliography
Klotter, James C., and John W. Muir. “Boss Ben Johnson, the
Highway Commission, and Kentucky Politics, 1927-1937.”
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 84 (Winter
1986): 18-50.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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