| LC control no. | n 86025565 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850 |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Johnson County (Ky.) |
| Located | Fayette County (Ky.) Scott County (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) Lexington (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1780-10-17 |
| Death date | 1850-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Transylvania University Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) United States. Congress. Senate United States. Office of the Vice President Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Vice-Presidents Attorneys Legislators Soldiers |
| Found in | His Sunday mails, 1830: t.p. (Hon. Richard M. Johnson) NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Div. for Robinson, J. Papers, 1806-1832 (Richard M. Johnson; Richard Mentor Johnson, 1781-1850) LC data base, 3/17/87 (hdg.: Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850; usage: Richard M. Johnson) NUCMC file (Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850; U.S. rep. and sen. from Ky., U.S. v.p. under Van Buren, and hero of War of 1812) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Johnson, Richard Mentor; representative from Ky.; vice president of U.S.; b. 10/17/1780; d. 11/19/1850) Meyer, L.W. The life and times of Colonel Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky, 1932: p. 20 (some authorities claim that Richard M. Johnson was born in fall of 1781 but a close study of conflicting evidence has led author to conclude that fall of 1780 is correct date) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 475 ("Richard Mentor Johnson" born at Beargrass, a frontier settlement of what is now Louisville, Ky. Family moved to Bryan's Station in Fayette County. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington, then admitted to the bar. Practiced law in Scott County. Represented Scott County in the General Assembly from 1804 to 1806. Then elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1819. A Jeffersonian Republican. Elected to the U. S. Senate, serving from December 10, 1819 to March 3, 1837. Elected vice-president 1837-1841. Again chosen to represent Scott County in the Kentucky legislature 1841-1843 and in 1850. Died in Frankfort. Johnson County, Kentucky was named for him.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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