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Charles Johnson (North Carolina politician)

Charles Johnson (North Carolina politician)

American politician

Charles Johnson (died July 23, 1802) was a Congressional representative from North Carolina. Johnson was born in Scotland;[1][2] engaged as a planter; elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, 1784, and 1785, but did not attend; served in the state senate in 1781–1784, 1788–1790, and 1792 (and as Speaker in 1789 after the death of Richard Caswell); elected as a Republican in a special election to the Seventh Congress (serving from March 4, 1801, until his death on July 23, 1802, in Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina); interment in Edenton Cemetery.[3]

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Johnson served in the North Carolina Senate representing Chowan County, North Carolina, from 1781 to 1784 and from 1788 to 1792.[3]

Johnson built the original section of the Strawberry Hill plantation home.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Charles Johnson or something like that". The New York Evening Post. April 9, 1802.
  2. [2]
    Mary A. Hinson and Elizabeth Moore (November 1979). "Strawberry Hill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Moore, James Elliott (1988). "Charles Johnson". NCPEDIA. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
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