Statesman; born in
Annapolis, Md., May 21, 1796; was admitted to the bar in 1815.
After serving two terms in his State Senate, he was
United States Senator from 1845 to 1849, when he became United States Attorney-General under
President Taylor.
Mr. Johnson was a delegate to the Peace Convention;
United States Senator from 1863 to 1868; and minister to
Great Britain in 1868-69, negotiating a treaty for the settlement of the
Alabama claims (q. v.)
question, which was rejected by the United States Senate.
He was recalled by
President Grant in 1869; supported
Horace Greeley in the Presidential campaign of 1872.
He died in
Annapolis, Md., Feb. 10, 1876.
