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Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819

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Personal name headingJohnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeNew York (N.Y.)
Birth date1727
Death date1819
Place of birthStratford (Conn.)
Place of deathStratford (Conn.)
AffiliationColumbia College (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationCollege presidents Legislators
Found inNUCMC data from Connecticut Historical Society for New England Indians collection, ca. 1650-1930 (William Samuel Johnson; 1727-1819; correspondence re Mohegan Indians)
LC data base, 2-16-93 (hdg.: Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819)
WwWA: hist. v., 1607-1896 (Johnson, William Samuel; 1727-1819; jurist, legislator; of Stratford, Conn.; signer of Decl. Indep.; member of Continental Congress; U.S. Senator, Conn.; 1st pres., Columbia Coll.)
Wikipedia, viewed July 24, 2020 (William Samuel Johnson; born October 7, 1727, Stratford, Connecticut; died November 14, 1819, Stratford, Connecticut; signer of the constitution; U.S. Senator for Connecticut, 1789-1791; third president of Columbia College, elected May 21, 1787; resigned in 1800. Columbia College had just been renamed from King's College in 1784, making him the third president of the institution; he was also the son of the first president of King's College, Samuel Johnson)