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    Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president...
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    Andrew Jackson's handpicked successor) and U.S. Representative Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky. The Whig Party, which had only recently emerged and...
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  • Julia Chinn (category Richard Mentor Johnson)
    president of the United States, Richard Mentor Johnson. Chinn was born in Scott County, Kentucky, to a woman owned by the Johnson family. Her exact date of...
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  • (father) Related John Tyler and slavery The General (horse) ← William Henry Harrison James K. Polk → ← Richard Mentor Johnson George M. Dallas → Category...
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    Democratic National Convention, but controversial Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was not renominated. The Democrats thus became the only major party...
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  • Richard Mentor Johnson, denying him a majority of the electoral vote and thus forcing a contingent election in the Senate for vice president; Johnson...
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    the only four-year term of both Martin Van Buren as president and Richard Mentor Johnson as vice president. Vice President and President-elect Van Buren...
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    nomination over Philip P. Barbour (Calhoun's favored candidate) and Richard Mentor Johnson due to the support of Jackson and the strength of the Albany Regency...
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    Battle of the Thames (category Richard Mentor Johnson)
    Revolutionary War. He had 1,000 volunteer cavalry under Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson. Most of Johnson's men were from Kentucky, but some were from the River Raisin...
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    1834, from Lafayette County and named for Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson. Johnson County comprises the Warrensburg Micropolitan Statistical Area...
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    Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson were subsequently elected to a full term of their own, while John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur...
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    1836 election, trailing both Granger and the Democratic candidate, Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky. Harrison was the leading Whig candidate for president...
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  • Richard Mentor Johnson and James Johnson. James Johnson (1774–1826), U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1825–1826. Brother of Richard Mentor Johnson and...
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    for Richard Mentor Johnson, a colonel of the War of 1812, United States Representative, Senator, and Vice President of the United States. Johnson County...
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    named after Richard Mentor Johnson, who was Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. In the Nebraska license plate system, Johnson County is...
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    Hubert Humphrey was elected alongside Lyndon B. Johnson, with the vice presidency being vacant due to Johnson's ascension after the assassination of President...
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    collapsed almost immediately, and Procter fled the battlefield. Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson led the American charge against the Indians. Tecumseh was killed...
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  • themselves. Other men traditionally identified as War Hawks include Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky, William Lowndes of South Carolina, Langdon Cheves of...
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    ever held, Johnson defeated Granger. The 1840 Democratic National Convention denied renomination to Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson, and the Democrats...
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    Virginia refused to vote for Democratic vice presidential nominee, Richard Mentor Johnson, due to his relationship with a former slave, and instead cast their...
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    hoped to be the replacement if Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was dumped from the ticket; Johnson was disliked by many Southern whites for fathering...
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    electors still cast their electoral votes for incumbent Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson. Although Tilden won a majority of the popular vote, Republican...
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    by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate, and running on the National Union Party ticket. Andrew Johnson succeeded to the presidency upon...
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    American Presidents: Life Portrait. C-SPAN. Retrieved March 6, 2016. "Richard M. Johnson (1837–1841) – Vice President". Miller Center of Public Affairs, University...
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    His siblings included a sister Juliette. His paternal uncles were Richard Johnson, a United States Representative and Senator, and vice president of...
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  • Martin Van Buren". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-26. "U.S. Senate: Richard M. Johnson". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-26. "John Tyler". www.visitrapidcity...
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    Presidency of Martin Van Buren (category Richard Mentor Johnson)
    and Palmer Publishing Company. p. 230. Retrieved March 6, 2017. "Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th Vice President (1837–1841)". Washington, D.C.: United States...
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  • pilot, aeronautical engineer and writer Richard Johnson, test-pilot of the X-4 Bantam Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician and 9th...
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  • Vice President Martin Van Buren for president and Representative Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky for vice president. Former Speaker of the House Andrew...
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    It was originally named for the US Vice President Richard M. Johnson (1780–1850). In 2020, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to...
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