James Johnson (Georgia)

James Johnson
43rd Governor of Georgia
In office June 17, 1865 – December 14, 1865
Preceded by	Joseph E. Brown
Succeeded by	Charles J. Jenkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Marshall J. Wellborn
Succeeded by	Alfred H. Colquitt
Personal details
Born	February 12, 1811 Robeson County, North Carolina
Died	November 20, 1891 (aged 80) Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Resting place	Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Georgia
Profession	Law

James Johnson (February 12, 1811 – November 20, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia and served as the 43rd Governor of Georgia between June and October 1865.

He was born in 1811 in Robeson County, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1832 and moved to Columbus, Georgia where he started his law practice after passing the bar in 1835. In 1851, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Unionist and opposed secession. He was appointed as Governor of Georgia on June 17, 1865 after the Civil War by U.S. President Andrew Johnson (unrelated),^[1] and tasked primarily with reorganizing the state government, which had collapsed with the Confederacy. He served until a constitutional convention was held in Milledgeville in October 1865; at that convention, the Secession Ordinance was repealed, a new constitution was adopted, and the State's war debt was repudiated. He unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1866. He died in 1891 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.

References

1. Presidential Proclamation No. 41, 17 June 1865, 13 Stat. 764

External links

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• James Johnson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• James Johnson at Find-A-Grave