John W. Johnston

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(September 9, 1818 — February 27, 1889) John Warfield Johnston was a lawyer, judge, and politician. Johnston was born in Panicello, Virginia in 1818. He attended the South Carolina College at Columbia, and studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced law in Tazewell, Virginia. Johnston served as the Commonwealth attorney for Tazewell County from 1844 to 1846, and then served in the State Senate from 1846 to 1848. During the Civil War, he was the Confederate States Receiver, and later was a judge of the circuit court of Virginia from 1866 to 1870. Johnston was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served during the Forty-First, and the six succeeding Congresses from March 15, 1871 to March 3, 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000191]

Member of Virginia Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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