Joshua Foster Johnson
Full Name: Joshua Foster JohnsonDate of birth: September 28, 1824
Date of death: February 15, 1877
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 9 | Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 | 3rd (1) | Mount Vernon / Titus | Titus |
(1) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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House District 9
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851 Legislatures: 3rd (1) Home City/County: Mount Vernon / Titus Counties in district: Titus |
(1) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- JOHNSON, JOSHUA FOSTER (1824-1877). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Joshua Foster Johnson and wife Amanda Wright Johnson, pp. 144-147. Joshua Foster Johnson born 9/27/1824 in Tennessee; represented Titus County in the Texas Legislature in 1849-1850. Pioneers and Heroes of Titus County, 1974.
- 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.
Other Resources
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- 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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3rd R.S. - 1849
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