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| | Johnson, Herschel Vespasian - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | JOHNSON, HERSCHEL VESPASIAN [Johnson, Herschel Vespasian] 1812-80, U.S. political leader, b. |
 | | Burke co., Ga. Admitted to the bar in 1834, he filled (1848-49) an unexpired Senate term before serving as circuit court judge (1849-53) and Democratic governor of Georgia (1853-57). |
 | | Although he opposed secession, Johnson later served (1862-65) in the Confederate senate, where he refused to support conscription and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. |
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