Grove L. Johnson

Grove Lawrence Johnson ( born March 27, 1841 in Syracuse, New York, † February 1, 1926 in Sacramento, California ) was an American politician. Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Grove Johnson attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1862. In the years 1862 and 1863 he was a school board in Syracuse. In October 1863 he moved to California. During the final phase of the civil war he was employed by the military authorities for the states of California, Arizona and Washington as Quartermaster Clerk in the management sector. Since May 1865 he lived in Sacramento. Between 1866 and 1869 he was swamp land commissioner in Sacramento County. He also practiced there as a lawyer. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In the years 1878 and 1879 he was a deputy in the California State Assembly; 1880 to 1882 he was a member of the State Senate. From 1884 to 1908 he was a delegate to several regional party conferences of the Republicans in California. In June 1896 he also took part in the Republican National Convention in St. Louis, on the William McKinley was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1894 Johnson was in the second electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Anthony Caminetti on March 4, 1895. Since he has not been confirmed in 1896, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1897. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Johnson again worked as a lawyer in Sacramento. In the years 1901 to 1903 and again from 1907 to 1909 he was again deputy in the State Assembly. From 1921 to 1925 he worked for the Federal Land Registry Office in Sacramento. He died on February 1, 1926 in Sacramento, where he was also buried.