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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Phillip Johnson |
| Address |
Easton, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
January 17, 1818 |
| Died |
January 29, 1867
(49 years) |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Luzerne County Historian
Oct 26, 2018 06:15pm |
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| Info | JOHNSON, Philip, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Polkville, Knowlton Township, Warren County, N.J., January 17, 1818; moved to Mount Bethel, Pa., in 1839; attended the common schools and Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1842-1844; was a plantation tutor in Mississippi 1844-1846; returned to Pennsylvania; studied law; attended Union Law School in Easton, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Easton; county court clerk 1848-1853; member of the State house of representatives in 1853 and 1854; revenue commissioner of the third judicial district in 1859 and 1860; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth, and Thirty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1861, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 29, 1867; interment in Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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