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  JOHNSON, HERSCHEL VESPASIAN. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A proponent of both states’ rights and unionism, Johnson in 1860 ran unsuccessfully for the vice presidency with Stephen A. Douglas against Abraham Lincoln.
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.
Johnson was president of the 1865 Georgia constitutional convention and was elected (1866) to the U.S. Senate, but he was not allowed to take his seat.
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 Herschel Vespasian Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnson was born near Farmer's Bridge in Burke County, Georgia.
Johnson served in the Senate from February 4, 1848 to March 3, 1849, but was not a candidate for election to the seat.
Johnson was nominated by Northern Democrats; Joseph Lane was nominated by Southern Democrats.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Herschel Johnson (1812-1880)
Johnson was born on September 18, 1812, in Burke County.
Johnson, with Towns, led the Southern Rights Democrats, who were opposed by a powerful Constitutional Unionist coalition headed by Howell Cobb, Alexander Stephens, and Robert Toombs.
Johnson changed his mind not out of any great fondness for the North but because he had become convinced that slavery was much more secure within the Union than outside of it.
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Johnson, heir to the New Deal broke the Conservative Coalition in Congress and passed a remarkable number of liberal laws, known as the Great Society.
Johnson succeeded in passing major civil rights laws that started the racial integration in the south.
In a stunning move, Johnson withdrew from the election on March 31, and shortly afterward, Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of the former president, entered the race.
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 Herschel_vespasian_johnson info here at en.along-gasoline-alley.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (September 18, 1812 - August 16, 1880) was an United States of America politician.
Johnson was natural abutting Farmer's Bridge in Burke County, Georgia.
Johnson served in the Senate from February 4, 1848 to March 3, 1849, but wasn't a competitor for election to the seat.
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 Johnson County, Georgia Biography,info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Johnson county was created by the Georgia legislature December 11,1858 from parts of Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties.
Johnson County was named for Georgia governor, senator, and unsuccessful U.S. vice-presidential candidate Herschel Vespasian Johnson.
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Georgia Biographies Herschel Vespasian Johnson File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge barbarawinge@yahoo.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Table of Contents: HERSCHEL VESPASIAN JOHNSON Herschel Vespasian Johnson was born in Burke County, Georgia, September 18, 1812.
Johnson received his degree from the University of Georgia, read the law with William T. Gould.
Johnson was elected to the office of Governor in 1853 and served until 1857.
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 Herschel - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Sir William Herschel, astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus (planet)
Herschel Space Observatory, ESA's far infrared space observatory
Herschel, town in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
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 Vespasian And Titus -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
After having served with the army in Thrace and been quaestor in Crete and Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of an equestrian, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors, and one daughter Domitilla.
Vespasian eventually believed that this prophecy applied to him, and found a number of omens and oracles and portents that reinforced this belief.
Titus was the elder son of the emperor Vespasian and Domitilla.
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 Herschel Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herschel Johnson may refer to Herschel Vespasian Johnson, a United States governor.
Herschel Johnson (1894 - 1966) was a U.S. diplomat.
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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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 Johnson County, Georgia GA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Johnson County, GA The county was named for Herschel Vespasian Johnson, governor and U.S. senator
Johnson County is one of 159 counties in Georgia.
This was an increase of 11.99% from the 2000 census.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Johnson, G to I
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian (1812-1880) — also known as Herschel V. Johnson — of Georgia.
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian II (1894-1966) — also known as Herschel V. Johnson II — of North Carolina.
Johnson, Hubert — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex.
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 Vespasian — FactMonster.com
To commemorate the beginning of an era of peace (which lasted a century), Vespasian closed the gates of the temple of Janus and built the temple of Pax.
The reign of Vespasian was noted for its order and prosperity.
Vespasian erected a temple to her at Rome.
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 Herschel Vespasian Johnson
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JOHNSON, Herschel Vespasian, statesman, born in Burke county, Georgia, 18 September, 1812; died in Jefferson county, Georgia, 16 August, 1880.
In September of the same year he held a conference with Andrew Johnson regarding reconstruction, and the following month presided over the Georgia constitutional convention.
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 Herschel V. Johnson
Following failed attempts to run for Congress and governor of Georgia, Johnson was appointed to fill the Senate seat of Walter Colquitt.
Because of this and his anti-secession stance, Johnson was chosen by Douglas and the Democrats as their vice-presidential candidate.
Johnson returned to Georgia, where he ran as an anti-secessionist to the Georgia Secessionist Convention.
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The collection consists of a letter from Herschel V. Johnson in the Confederate Senate on December 11, 1863 to President Jefferson Davis discussing the importance of Richmond (Va.) and Northwest Georgia to the Confederacy and the need to defend these areas at all costs.
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880), politician and judge, bom in Burke County, Georgia.
The correspondence is mainly from Johnson to his daughter Tallulah Home and her husband Pearce, with several to his daughter Gertrude discussing primarily family matters.
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 Democratic Party (United States) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
On the other hand, African-Americans, who had traditionally given strong support to the Republican party since its inception as the "anti-slavery party", shifted to the Democratic party due to its New Deal economic opportunities and support for civil rights.
Johnson succeeded Republican President Abraham Lincoln with whom he had been elected on a Union ticket in 1864.
The Greeley/Brown ticket was nominated by both the Democrats and the Liberal Republican Party.
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 JOHNSON, Herschel Vespasian (1812-1880) Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia, State Rights Unionist.
“Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson: Examples of National Men in the Sectional Crisis of 1860.”; Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, 1974.
“Herschel V. Johnson.” In Senators from Georgia, pp.
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 AllRefer.com - Herschel Vespasian Johnson (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson 1812–80, U.S. political leader, b.
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 Search Our Georgia History for Johnson
Andrew Johnson's veto, allowing former slaves to retain ownership of land in Ogeechee District.
In response to a filibuster organized by Georgia Senator Richard Russell, Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson announces he will keep the Senate in session continuously until a new Civil Rights bill proposed by the Eisenhower administration is passed.
Vice-president Lyndon Baines Johnson tells advises President John F. Kennedy (through a staff member) that "fls are tired of this patience stuff..." and that Kennedy ought to "sit-down with Russell" and answer every argument he made against civil rights
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 Johnson, Guy - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
Johnson, Guy, c.1740-1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b.
He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as superintendent of Indian affairs in 1774.
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 The Georgia Dining Room revisited - Winterthur - Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Magazine Antiques - Find ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Samuel Rockwell's family occupied the house until 1843, but because of their inability to complete payments on the property, the estate of Oliver Prince repossessed it in that year.
In 1844 Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880), a United States senator and later governor of Georgia, purchased the house and used it as a summer residence for the next ten years.
The Rockwell mansion was built in a style known today as Greek revival, which was popular in America during the second quarter of the nineteenth century.
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 TIME.com: Into the Open -- Aug. 25, 1947 -- Page 1
Said U.S. Delegate Herschel Vespasian Johnson in the Security Council last week: "Greece's right to exist is involved.
Grimly, Johnson said that the U.S. was ready, if the Russians continued to deadlock the Council, to throw the whole case into the 55-nation U.N. General Assembly this September.
With such a mandate, said Johnson, the U.S. and "like-minded members of the United Nations" could join "in taking any steps which might become necessary.
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 Democratic Party (United States) information information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In 1872 the Democrats did not nominate a candidate but supported the Liberal Republican ticket of Horace Greeley; it did poorly.
Although Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower carried half the South in 1952 and 1956, Sen. Barry Goldwater also carried many Southern states in 1964, but there was no permanent realignment until Ronald Reagan's sweeping victories in the South in the 1980s.
Senator Eugene McCarthy rallied antiwar forces on college campuses and won the New Hampshire primary.
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Herschel Vespasian Johnson, and John E. Ward; Cobb's parole: prison release; and a receipt from General Croxton to Mary Ann Cobb for use of the Cobb's Macon (Ga.) home by Federal troops.
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"Battle of Chicamauga - Lt. Van Pelt Defending His Battery" (color engraving) Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York 1864 Collection of Georgia Images Ms 2869 Part3 97.
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