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American politician
William Cost Johnson
(January 14, 1806 – April 14, 1860) was an American politician.
Johnson was born near
Jefferson, Maryland
, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Jefferson. Johnson served as a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
in 1831 and 1832, and was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He was also a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850.
Johnson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843. In Congress, he served as chairman of the
Committee on the District of Columbia
(Twenty-sixth Congress), and as a member of the
Committee on Public Lands
(Twenty-seventh Congress). After Congress, he continued the practice of his profession until his death in Washington, D.C.. He is interred in the Reformed Church Cemetery in Jefferson.
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