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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Herschel V. Johnson |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 18, 1812
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| Died | August 16, 1880
(67 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | a Senator from Georgia; born near Farmer's Bridge, Burke County, Ga., September 18, 1812; attended private schools and Monaghan Academy near Warrenton; graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1834; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice; moved to a plantation, "Sandy Grove," in Jefferson County in 1839 and practiced law in Louisville
Unsuccessful Democratic candidate in 1843 for election to fill a vacancy in the Twenty-eighth Congress
Presidential Elector on the Democratic ticket 1844
Moved to Milledgeville, Ga., in 1844 and continued the practice of law
Unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor in 1847
US Senate (D-GA) 1848-1849; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter T. Colquitt and completed the last year of his term; was not a candidate for election to fill this vacancy; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirtieth Congress)
Judge of the superior court of the Ocmulgee circuit 1849-1853
Presidential Elector on the Democratic ticket 1852
Governor of Georgia 1853-1857
Returned to his plantation near Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1857
Unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Douglas Democratic ticket in 1860
Delegate to the State secession convention at Milledgeville in 1861
Senator from Georgia in the Second Confederate Congress 1862-1865
President of the State constitutional convention in 1865
Presented credentials in 1866 as a Senator-elect to the United States Senate but was not permitted to qualify
Resumed the practice of law in Louisville
Judge of the middle circuit of Georgia in 1873-1880, serving until his death on his plantation near Louisville, Ga., August 16, 1880; interment in the Old Louisville Cemetery.
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