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Johnston, Joseph Forney, 1843-1913

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Personal name headingJohnston, Joseph Forney, 1843-1913
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See alsoAlabama. Governor (1896-1900 : Johnston)
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Birth date1843-03-23
Death date1913-08-08
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators Governors
Found inBiennial message of Jos. F. Johnston, Governor of Alabama, 1900, 1898
Ala. Dept. of Archives & History Web site, June 10, 2004 (Joseph Forney Johnston; Gov. of Ala. 1896-1900; b. 03/23/1843; d. 08/08/1913)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed June 29, 2023: (Johnston, Joseph Forney, a Senator from Alabama; born at "Mount Welcome," Lincoln County, N.C., March 23, 1843; attended the country schools in Lincoln County; while attending a military school in Alabama at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army, rose to the rank of captain, and served from 1861 to 1865; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced in Selma, Ala.; moved to Birmingham, Ala., in 1884 and became president of the Alabama National Bank, resigning in 1894; became president of the Sloss Iron & Steel Co. in 1887; Governor of Alabama 1896-1900; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on August 7,1907, to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1909, caused by the death of Edmund W. Pettus; simultaneously elected for the term commencing March 4, 1909, and served from August 7, 1907, until his death in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1913; chairman, Committee on the University of the United States (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-third Congress); interment Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.)
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