The Johnsons of Missouri and Virginia
- Joseph Johnson (1785–1877), Virginia House Delegate 1815–1816 1818–1822 1847–1848, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1823–1827 1833 1835–1841 1845–1847, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1844, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1850 1851, Governor of Virginia 1851–1855. Uncle of Waldo P. Johnson.
- Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), Missouri State Representative, Circuit Attorney in Missouri, Circuit Judge in Missouri 1851–1852, U.S. Senator from Missouri 1861–1862, Confederate States Senator from Missouri 1863–1865, President of the Missouri Constitutional Convention 1875. Nephew of Joseph Johnson.
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