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Up for sale "California Congressman" James A. Johnson Hand Signed Album Page.
16, 1829 – May 11, 1896) was went on to serve as the state's 14th Lieutenant Governor.
Johnson was born in Spartanburg, South
Carolina. When he was quite young he moved with his parents to Arkansas where he attended the common schools. He moved
to California in 1853. He studied medicine and was graduated from Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859, then commenced the
practice of law in Downieville, California. Johnson
served as a member of the California State Assembly in
1859 and 1860, representing Sierra County. He was
elected as a Democrat to
the U.S. House of Representatives for the Fortieth and Forty-first U.S.
Congresses, serving from March 4, 1867 until March 3, 1871. He served as
Lieutenant Governor of California from 1875 until 1880. After leaving office he
moved to San Francisco. He served
as registrar of voters in 1883 and 1884. He continued practicing law until his
death in San Francisco at age 66. He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery, and
in 1931 was re-interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in Colma, California.
