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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Richard Mentor Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Johnson attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1802 at the age of 19.
		Johnson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807–March 4, 1819).
		Johnson is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Richard-Mentor-Johnson (5196 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson - LoveToKnow 1911
		RICHARD MENTOR JOHNSON (1781-1850), ninth vicepresident of the United States, was born at Bryant's Station, Kentucky, on the 17th of October 1781.
		The opposition to Johnson within the party greatly increased during his term, and the Democratic national convention of 1840 adopted the unprecedented course of refusing to nominate anyone for the vice-presidency.
		In the ensuing election Johnson received most of the Democratic electoral votes, but was defeated by the Whig candidate, John Tyler.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Richard_Mentor_Johnson (172 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A resident of Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson served as the Representative and Senator from Kentucky, and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
		Johnson was commissioned a Colonel of Kentucky Volunteers and commanded a regiment in engagements against the British in Upper Canada in 1813.
		Johnson is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson (627 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Johnson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1819).
		Johnson was elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Crittenden, and was reelected and served from December 10, 1819 to March 3, 1829.
		Johnson was selected as Martin Van Buren's Vice President by the Senate on February 8, 1837, after losing the support of some of his Presidential electors due to his relationship with Julia Chinn, a family former slave.
	www.recipeland.com /facts/Richard_Mentor_Johnson (553 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson - Definition, explanation
		Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780–November 19, 1850) was a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren.
		Johnson was commissioned a Colonel of Kentucky Volunteers and commanded a regiment in engagements against the British in Lower Canada in 1813.
		Johnson was a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, but he died in Frankfort, Kentucky soon after taking his seat.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ri/richard_mentor_johnson.php (551 words)

	National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
		Johnson was born October 17, 1781 in the town of Beargrass, now Louisville, Kentucky.
		Johnson also was an advocate for the rights of debtors and education.
		Johnson's failure to win a majority of electoral votes gave him the distinction of being the only vice president to be chosen by the Senate.
	arrangeonline.com /Obituary/obituary.asp?ObituaryID=66133458 (171 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th Vice President (1837-1841)
		Johnson was one of the vociferous young congressmen, led by his fellow Kentuckian House Speaker Henry Clay, known collectively as the "warhawks." During the Twelfth Congress, this group urged military redress for British violations of American frontiers and shipping rights, and in June 1812 they voted to declare war against Great Britain.
		Johnson's Kentucky volunteers crossed the Canadian border in pursuit of a combined British and Shawnee force led by General Henry Proctor and overran the enemy position at the Thames River on October 5, 1813.
		Johnson's newfound popularity and his characteristic willingness to accede to his constituents' demands ensured his political survival through the furor over the 1816 Compensation Act, which for the first time granted members of Congress an annual salary, rather than paying them only for the days Congress was in session.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Richard_M_Johnson.htm (5492 words)

	Johnson - pafg03.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Colonel Robert Johnson (Colonel William, Captain William) was born on 17 Jul 1745 in Orange county, Virginia.
		William Johnson was born on 7 Dec 1775 in Orange County, Virginia.
		Johnson Bradley was born on 25 Jun 1795 in Scott County, Kentucky.
	www2.1starnet.com /cgenzel/johnson/pafg03.htm (581 words)

	AE Monthly March Edition
		Johnson was a loyal Jackson supporter, and it was this loyalty that would eventually bring him his nomination for vice-president in 1836.
		Johnson was second to none in his defense of separation of church and state.
		Johnson looks at the condition of the working poor in the North and asks what is the difference between them and the slaves of the South.
	www.americanaexchange.com /NewAE/aemonthly/printarticle.asp?from=a&id=118 (5205 words)

	Richard M. Johnson, vice-president, U. S.
		The Richard M. Johnson born in 1810 was likely a relative of the vice-president, that I have not yet determined.
		Johnson issued the orders, but this does not actually prove that Col. Johnson was ever in Boone County, though it is likely he did visit at some time or other.
		Robert Johnson (yes, we have a number of Robert Johnsons in Boone County, but none of them were this one), who lived from 1745 - 1815, was by 1812 one of the largest landowners in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
	geocities.com /boonehistory/Johnson.R.M.html (1665 words)

	Eccentricity At the Top: Richard Mentor Johnson
		Johnson was born in Bluegrass, Kentucky, near current-day Louisville, when that was the far-off western frontier.
		Robert Johnson was one of the state¡¦s major landowners, and served in the Kentucky legislature and Virginia legislature before that.
		In fact, Johnson was rabidly against the whole concept of classes of people, an attitude that would make him a hero to some of the nation¡¦s more downtrodden.
	www.americanaexchange.com /NewAE/aemonthly/article.asp?f=2&page=1&id=118&m=2&y=2004 (517 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850)
		Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth vice president of the United States (1837-41), was born at Bryant's Station near Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 17, 1780.
		Richard Johnson had grown up fighting Indians, as this was a regular feature of life on the early Kentucky frontier.
		Johnson's military experience as an Indian fighter led to his being appointed a colonel in the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/HRB_RMJ.HTM (698 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Johnson, Richard Mentor 1780-1850, Vice President of the United States (1837-41), b.
		At the battle of the Thames (1813), Johnson was severely wounded in action, and he is said to have killed Tecumseh.
		Johnson Is on the Fast Track; With Gordon as Mentor, Rookie Is Riding High at Daytona
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-JohnsonRM.html (443 words)

	WHEN NO ONE WON: RICHARD MENTOR JOHNSON, PART I
		Richard Mentor Johnson may well be the most controversial vice president in the history of the United States, and considering some of his competition for that distinction, that is quite an accomplishment.
		Richard Mentor Johnson is the only vice president to be selected by the Senate, according to the provisions of the 12th amendment.
		Richard Johnson’s father served in the Virginia House of Burgesses, the Kentucky Constitutional Convention, and the Kentucky state legislature.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/106604 (453 words)

	The Making of an Illinois County - Illinois Trails - Johnson County Illinois Genealogy & History Site
		Johnson County as established in 1812 included all or part of the current counties of Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union and Williamson.
		Johnson County was named in honor of Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson who was a native of Kentucky and a military hero.
		Richard Mentor Johnson was elected Vice-President of the United States in 1837, by the U.S. Senate.
	www.iltrails.org /johnson/makingof.html (672 words)

	Mentor - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Mentor, in Greek mythology, elderly friend and counsellor of the hero Odysseus and tutor of his son Telemachus.
		Johnson, Richard Mentor (1781-1850), ninth vice-president of the United States (1837-1841).
		Mentoring requires special skills, but it does not require hierarchical position.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Mentor.html (158 words)

	Thomas Johnson Family
		Thomas Johnson and Susannah, his wife, to Robert Duff, for £900, 796 acres at head of Wallens Creek in Powell Valley, Lee Co, VA. Place of residence not given but on 22 January 1799, in Russell County, this indenture was examined, etc. Testes: Henry Dickinson and C Carter.
		Johnson (1) in the lower district, and Susanna Johnson (0) in the Upper.
		In 1799, Thomas Johnson (1) is in the lower district, and in 1800 it is Thomas Johnson (0).
	www.popenoe.com /NYfamilies/johnsonT.htm (2654 words)

	Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850)
		Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth vice president of the United States (1837-41), was born at Bryant's Station near Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 17, 1780.
		Richard Johnson had grown up fighting Indians, as this was a regular feature of life on the early Kentucky frontier.
		Johnson's military experience as an Indian fighter led to his being appointed a colonel in the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812.
	www.lwfaah.net /oh/hrb_rmj.htm (698 words)

	Odd Man by C.T. Rossi
		Richard Mentor Johnson was known as an odd man.
		Johnson’s idea that the nullification of state law should somehow require the consent of the several states is central.
		Amendments similar to Johnson’s were proposed during the progressive era, but most had a mechanism for expedited constitutional amendment in the face of state law invalidation rather than actual nullification of the Supreme Court decision.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig5/rossi4.html (608 words)

	Boone County Cemeteries - Johnson-Wilson
		Benjamin Johnson of Albermarle County, Virginia, settled 740 acres of land in 1796.
		Robert Johnson was the father of Richard Mentor Johnson, vice-president under Martin Van Buren.
		It was upon this farm that the Johnson-Wilson Cemetery was established with the burial of Winefred Johnson in 1812.
	www.boonecocemeteries.org /secondaryPages/johnson.htm (905 words)

	Military.com Content
		While Johnson's troopers were going after the men of the 41st, Colonel Paull's regulars had seized the 6-pounder, which had never fired a shot.
		By the time Johnson made his way to the rear, the dismounted troopers were fighting the Indians hand to hand, knife to knife.
		Johnson shot and killed an Indian who came at him with a tomahawk, but no one could say for certain that the Indian was the great Shawnee chief.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=PRthames2 (1878 words)

	AllRefer.com - Richard Mentor Johnson (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Richard Mentor Johnson 1780–1850, Vice President of the United States (1837–41), b.
		He served (1807–1819) in the U.S. House of Representatives and commanded a regiment of Kentucky riflemen in the War of 1812, in which he served under William Henry Harrison in the Canadian campaign.
		Again (1829–37) in the House, Johnson supported President Jackson's administration and pushed the bill (1832) abolishing imprisonment for debt.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JohnsonRM.html (295 words)

	Johnson - pafg04.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Richard Mentor Johnson Vice President (Colonel Robert, Colonel William, Captain William) was born on 17 Oct 1780 in Beargrass, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
		Sarah Bradley (Hannah Johnson, Colonel William, Captain William) was born on 14 Feb 1780 in Orange County, Virginia.
		Daniel Bradley (Hannah Johnson, Colonel William, Captain William) was born on 15 Mar 1793 in Scott County, Kentucky.
	www2.1starnet.com /cgenzel/johnson/pafg04.htm (387 words)

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