Johnson, Alexander Smith, 1817-1878
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Johnson, Alexander George, 1813-1879.
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Johnson was the U.S. member of the British and American joint commission for the final settlement of the claims of the Hudson's Bay Company and Puget Sound Agricultural Company, as provided by the treaty of 1863.
Alexander Smith Johnson (1817-1878) was born in Utica, New York, and graduated from Yale University in 1835. After practicing law in Utica and New York, he was elected in 1851 to an eight year term on the state court of appeals. In 1864 he was appointed by President Lincoln to be commissioner of the 1863 treaty with Great Britain regarding claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound agricultural companies. Thereafter his career consisted of various judicial appointments. He also served as a Reginet of State University of New York.
His father, Alexander Bryan Johnson (1786-1867) was a banker and writer. The elder Johnson wrote on philosophy, economics and politics. Among his works is "An Inquiry into the Nature and Values of Capital" (1813).
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