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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaHenry Underwood JOHNSON
(1850-1939)
JOHNSON, Henry Underwood,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Cambridge City, Wayne
County, Ind., October 28, 1850; attended the Centerville Collegiate
Institute and Earlham College, Richmond, Ind.; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Centerville,
Wayne County, Ind.; moved to Richmond, Ind., in 1876 and continued
the practice of his profession; prosecuting attorney of Wayne
County 1876-1880; member of the State senate 1887-1889; elected as
a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1899); chairman, Committee on
Elections No. 2 (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1898; affiliated with the
Democratic Party upon the expiration of his congressional career;
moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1899 and continued the practice of law
until 1900 when he returned to Richmond, Ind., to resume his former
law practice; died in Richmond, Ind., June 4, 1939; interment in
Earlham Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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