Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819
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Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819
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Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819
Johnson, William Samuel
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William Samuel Johnson
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Johnson, William Samuel (New York)
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Johnson, William Samuel (London, England)
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Johnson was the son of Samuel Johnson, Anglican clergyman and first president of King's College (Columbia University). He served in the Continental Congress from Connecticut and signed the U.S. Constitution, served in the U.S. Senate (1789-1791) and eventually as president of Columbia University. He spent time in England from 1767-1771.
Statesman, jurist, and educator.
Johnson was the son of Anglican minister Samuel Johnson, a graduate of Yale College in 1744, practicing lawyer, a deputy to the Connecticut General Assembly from Stratford, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, a member of the Governor's Council, a special agent to the Privy Council in London, a member of the Constitutional Convention and President of Columbia College.
William Samuel Johnson, 1727-1819, son of Samuel Johnson, 1696-1772, first President of King's College, became the first President of Columbia University under its new name in 1787.
While President from 1787-1800, Johnson also served as one of the first two U.S. Senators from Connecticut, 1789-1791, when the removal of the country's capital to Philadelphia forced his retirement from the Senate. He had previously served a distiguished career in the Connecticut State legislature, in the Continental Congress of 1784-1787, and was one of the framers of the Constitution.
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