JOHNSON, HERSCHEL V.
\d͡ʒˈɒnsən], \dʒˈɒnsən], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n_s_ə_n]\
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(1812-1880), represented Georgia in the U. S. Senate as a Democrat from 1848 to 1849. He was Judge of the Georgia Supreme Court from 1849 to 1853. He was Governor of the State from 1853 to 1857. He was defeated as Democratic candidate for Vice-President of the United States in 1860, on the Douglas ticket. He served in the Confederate Senate.
By John Franklin Jameson
