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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeCave JOHNSON
(1793-1866)
JOHNSON, Cave, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Robertson County, Tenn.,
January 11, 1793; pursued an academic course and attended
Cumberland College, Nashville, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Tenn.;
prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County in 1817; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on
Private Land Claims (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth
Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth,
Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March
3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-sixth
Congress), Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings
(Twenty-seventh Congress), Committee on Indian Affairs
(Twenty-eighth Congress); appointed Postmaster General of the
United States and served from March 5, 1845, to March 5, 1849;
judge of the seventh judicial circuit court in 1850 and 1851;
president of the Bank of Tennessee 1854-1860; United States
commissioner in settling the affairs of the United States and
Paraguay Navigation Co. in 1860; during the Civil War was elected
to the State senate but was not permitted to take his seat; died in
Clarksville, Tenn., November 23, 1866; interment in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Bibliography
Johnson, Clement L. “The Public Career of Cave
Johnson.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 10 (June
1951): 195-223.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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