"California Congressman" James A Johnson Hand Signed Album Page For Sale

Up for sale "California Congressman" James A. Johnson Hand Signed Album Page.

16, 1829 – May 11, 1896) was went on to serve as the state's 14th Lieutenant Governor.

Johnson was born in Spartanburg, South

Carolina. When he was quite young he moved with his parents to Arkansas where he attended the common schools. He moved

to California in 1853. He studied medicine and was graduated from Jefferson

Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859, then commenced the

practice of law in Downieville, California. Johnson

served as a member of the California State Assembly in

1859 and 1860, representing Sierra County. He was

elected as a Democrat to

the U.S. House of Representatives for the Fortieth and Forty-first U.S.

Congresses, serving from March 4, 1867 until March 3, 1871. He served as

Lieutenant Governor of California from 1875 until 1880. After leaving office he

moved to San Francisco. He served

as registrar of voters in 1883 and 1884. He continued practicing law until his

death in San Francisco at age 66. He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery, and

in 1931 was re-interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in Colma, California.