Perley Brown Johnson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byJames Mathews
Succeeded byIsaac Parrish
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Morgan County district
In office
December 2, 1833 – December 6, 1835
Preceded byErastus Hoskins
Succeeded byB. W. Conklin
Personal details
Born(1798-09-08)September 8, 1798
Marietta, Northwest Territory
DiedFebruary 9, 1870(1870-02-09) (aged 71)
McConnelsville, Ohio
Resting placeMcConnelsville Cemetery
Political partyWhig
SpouseMary Manchester Dodge
Childrenfive
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Perley Brown Johnson (September 8, 1798 – February 9, 1870) was an American physician and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1843 to 1845.

Biography

Born in the blockhouse in Marietta, Ohio, Johnson attended the public schools. He studied medicine. He commenced practice in Marietta in 1822. He moved to McConnelsville Morgan County, Ohio, in 1823 and continued practice. He served as clerk of the court of common pleas in 1825. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1833–1835. Presidential elector in 1840 for Harrison/Tyler.[1] Johnson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843–March 3, 1845). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of medicine in McConnelsville, Ohio. Discontinued the practice of his profession in 1847 on account of ill health and lived in retirement until his death in McConnelsville, Ohio, February 9, 1870. He was interred in McConnelsville Cemetery. On December 6, 1825, Johnson married Mary Manchester Dodge. They had five children, four of whom survived him. Perley B. Johnson, Jr. died July 18, 1863, during the charge upon Fort Wagner during the American Civil War.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ Taylor 1899 : 193
  2. ^ Robertson 1886 : 272

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byJames Mathews Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th congressional district March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845 Succeeded byIsaac Parrish
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