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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaPhilip JOHNSON
(1818-1867)
JOHNSON, Philip, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Polkville, Knowlton
Township, Warren County, N.J., January 17, 1818; moved to Mount
Bethel, Pa., in 1839; attended the common schools and Lafayette
College, Easton, Pa., 1842-1844; was a plantation tutor in
Mississippi 1844-1846; returned to Pennsylvania; studied law;
attended Union Law School in Easton, Pa.; was admitted to the bar
in 1848 and commenced practice in Easton; county court clerk
1848-1853; member of the State house of representatives in 1853 and
1854; revenue commissioner of the third judicial district in 1859
and 1860; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh,
Thirty-eighth, and Thirty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4,
1861, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 29, 1867;
interment in Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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