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Joshua Foster Johnson
Full Name: Joshua Foster Johnson
Date of birth: September 28, 1824
Date of death: February 15, 1877
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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9
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Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
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3rd
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Mount Vernon / Titus
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Titus
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(1)
Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette [Austin, Tex.], 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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JOHNSON, JOSHUA FOSTER (1824-1877).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Joshua Foster Johnson, "Remained as a non-supportive civilian in Confederate Texas throughout the war . . . Delegate to Secession Convention; one of seven members who voted against secession."
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
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Photograph.
Joshua Foster Johnson, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
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