Philip Johnson (congressman)

Philip Johnson ( born January 17, 1818 in Polkville, Warren County, New Jersey; † January 29, 1867 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1867 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Philip Johnson attended the public schools of his home and the Lafayette College in Easton. In 1839, he moved to Mount Bethel. Between 1844 and 1846 he was a private tutor on a plantation in the state of Mississippi; then he returned to Pennsylvania. After a subsequent law degree in 1848 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Easton to work in this profession. From 1848 to 1853 he was employed as a county clerk in the local district administration. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party. In 1853 and 1854 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1859 to 1860, he worked for the financial management of the third judicial district of his State ( Revenue Commissioners ).

In the congressional elections of 1860 Johnson was in the 13th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Harrison Dimmick on March 4, 1861. After two re- elections he could remain until his death on January 29, 1867 in Congress. This period was marked by the events of the civil war and its consequences. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, by the slavery was abolished. Since 1863, Johnson represented the eleventh district of his state in Congress.