Charles Johnson (North Carolina politician)
Charles Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1801 – July 23, 1802 | |
| Preceded by | David Stone |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Wynns |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Scotland |
| Died | July 23, 1802 Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina, United States |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Party |
Charles Johnson (died July 23, 1802) was a Congressional representative from North Carolina. Johnson was born in Scotland;[1][2] engaged as a planter; elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, 1784, and 1785, but did not attend; served in the state senate in 1781–1784, 1788–1790, and 1792 (and as Speaker in 1789 after the death of Richard Caswell); elected as a Republican in a special election to the Seventh Congress (serving from March 4, 1801, until his death on July 23, 1802, in Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina); interment in Edenton Cemetery.[3]
Biography
[edit]Johnson served in the North Carolina Senate representing Chowan County, North Carolina, from 1781 to 1784 and from 1788 to 1792.[3] He was a candidate for the 4th congressional district in 1791, losing to incumbent Hugh Williamson[4], but was later elected to Congress from the 8th district in 1800, in which his one term was cut short by his death.
Johnson built the original section of the Strawberry Hill plantation home.[2]
See also
[edit]- Seventh United States Congress
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
References
[edit]- ^ "Charles Johnson or something like that". The New York Evening Post. April 9, 1802.
- ^ a b Mary A. Hinson and Elizabeth Moore (November 1979). "Strawberry Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ a b Moore, James Elliott (1988). "Charles Johnson". NCPEDIA. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- "CSR Documents by Johnston, Charles." Colonial and State Records of North Carolina. Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/creators/csr10613
- U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
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