Legacy
- Five counties are named for Johnson, in Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebraska.
- His political prominence led to a family dynasty: his brothers James and John Telemachus Johnson, and his nephew Robert Ward Johnson were all elected to the House of Representatives, the first two from Kentucky, and Robert from Arkansas. Robert was later elected as a Senator before the Civil War.
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