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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyJohn Telemachus JOHNSON
(1788-1856)
JOHNSON, John Telemachus,
(brother of James Johnson and Richard Mentor Johnson and uncle of
Robert Ward Johnson), a Representative from Kentucky; born at Great
Crossings, Scott County, Ky., October 5, 1788; pursued preparatory
studies; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in
Georgetown, Ky.; served in the War of 1812 as an aide to Gen.
William H. Harrison; member of the State house of representatives
and served five terms; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth
Congress and reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth
Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825); chairman, Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads (Eighteenth Congress); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1824; appointed judge of the court of
appeals April 20, 1826, and served until December 30, 1826;
minister of the Christian Church for a number of years; became
editor of the Christian Messenger in 1832, the Gospel Advocate in
1835, and the Christian in 1837; was instrumental in establishing
the old Bacon College at Georgetown, Ky., in 1836; died in
Lexington, Mo., December 17, 1856; interment in Lexington Cemetery,
Lexington, Ky.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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