Perley B. Johnson

Perley B. Johnson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	James Mathews
Succeeded by	Isaac Parrish
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Morgan County district
In office December 2, 1833 – December 6, 1835
Preceded by	Erastus Hoskins
Succeeded by	B. W. Conklin
Personal details
Born	Perley Brown Johnson (1798-09-08)September 8, 1798 Marietta, Northwest Territory
Died	February 9, 1870(1870-02-09) (aged 71) McConnelsville, Ohio
Resting place	McConnelsville Cemetery
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Mary Manchester Dodge
Children	five
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Perley Brown Johnson (September 8, 1798 – February 9, 1870) was an American physician and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1843 to 1845.

Biography

Born in the blockhouse in Marietta, Northwest Territory (in what would be Ohio starting in 1803) Johnson attended the public schools. He studied medicine. He commenced practice in Marietta in 1822. He moved to McConnelsville Morgan County, Ohio, in 1823 and continued practice. He served as clerk of the court of common pleas in 1825. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1833–1835. Presidential elector in 1840 for Harrison/Tyler.

Congress

Johnson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843–March 3, 1845). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress.

Later career

He resumed the practice of medicine in McConnelsville, Ohio.

Retirement and death

Discontinued the practice of his profession in 1847 on account of ill health and lived in retirement until his death in McConnelsville, Ohio, February 9, 1870. He was interred in McConnelsville Cemetery.

Family

On December 6, 1825, Johnson married Mary Manchester Dodge. They had five children, four of whom survived him. Perley B. Johnson, Jr. died July 18, 1863, during the charge upon Fort Wagner during the American Civil War.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Perley B. Johnson (id: J000167)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 193.
• Robertson, Charles (1886). History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Chicago: L H Watkins and Co. pp. 272.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress