Thomas Johnson (Kentucky politician)

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Johnson (disambiguation).

Thomas Johnson
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 28th district
In office
August 6, 1877 – August 1, 1881
Preceded byW. A. Cunningham
Succeeded byRodney Haggard
Member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
August 2, 1875 – August 6, 1877
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJoseph M. Kash
ConstituencyMenifee, Montgomery, Powell, and Wolfe Counties
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic

Thomas Johnson (July 4, 1812 – April 7, 1906) was a prominent Kentucky politician. He was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky and represented the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress.

Johnson served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877 and in the Kentucky State Senate from 1877 to 1881.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Thomas Johnson," Political Graveyard.com, Ann Arbor, MI. Retrieved April 8, 2010.


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