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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutJOHNSON, William Samuel
(1727—1819)
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1791
Party:
Pro-Administration
JOHNSON, 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.
Beardsley, Eben Edwards. Life and Times of William Samuel Johnson, First Senator in Congress from Connecticut, and President of Columbia College
. 1876. Reprint. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1972.
Groce, George Cuthbert. William Samuel Johnson: A Maker of the Constitution
. New York: Columbia University Press, 1937.
McCaughey, Elizabeth P. From Loyalist to Founding Father: The Political Odyssey of William Samuel Johnson
. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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