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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutWilliam Samuel JOHNSON
(1727-1819)
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1791Party: Pro-AdministrationJOHNSON, William Samuel, a
Delegate and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Stratford, Conn.,
on October 7, 1727; was tutored privately by his father; graduated
from Yale College in 1744 and from Harvard College in 1747; studied
law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Stratford; member,
colonial house of representatives 1761, 1765, and of the upper
house 1766, 1771-1775; served as a delegate to the Stamp Act
Congress held in New York City in October 1765; was Connecticut
agent extraordinary to the court of England to determine the State
title to Indian lands 1767-1771; judge of Connecticut Supreme Court
1772-1774; member of the Continental Congress 1785-1787; delegate
to the Constitutional Convention in 1787; served as the first
president of Columbia College of New York City 1787-1800; elected
to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, to March
4, 1791, when he resigned; died in Stratford, Conn., on November
14, 1819; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Groce, G.C. William
Samuel Johnson: A Maker of the Constitution. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1937; McCaughey, Elizabeth. William Samuel
Johnson, Loyalist and Founding Father. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1980.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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