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Johnston, Rienzi Melville
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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Rienzi Melville Johnston |
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, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 09, 1849
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| Died | February 28, 1926
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | JOHNSTON, Rienzi Melville, (cousin of Benjamin Edward Russell), a Senator from Texas; born in Sandersville, Washington County, Ga., September 9, 1849; attended the public schools; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army; moved to Austin, Tex., in 1878 and engaged in journalism; moved to Houston in 1883 and established the Houston Post; member of the Democratic National Committee 1900-1912; appointed on January 4, 1913, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph W. Bailey and served from January 4, to January 29, 1913, when a successor was elected and qualified; resumed his former activities as editor and president of the Houston Post; elected to the State senate in 1916; relinquished the active management of his newspaper business in 1919 and lived in retirement until his death in Houston, Tex., February 28, 1926; interment in Glenwood Cemetery.
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