Daniel D. Johnson | |
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President of the Senate of West Virginia | |
In office 1872–1877, 1878–1881 | |
Preceded by | Carlos A. Sperry (first term) Ulysses N. Arnett (second term) |
Succeeded by | Ulysses N. Arnett (first term) Albert E. Summers (second term) |
Member of the West Virginia Senate | |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Dye Johnson April 28,1836 Tyler County,Virginia (now West Virginia) |
Died | December 18,1893 57) Long Reach,West Virginia | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Mary Maria Martin |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
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Years of service | 1862–1865 |
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Commands | 14th West Virginia Infantry 2nd Brigade,Kanawha Division |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Daniel Dye Johnson (28 April 1836 - 18 December 1893) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He later became a Senator and Senate President of the West Virginia Senate from Tyler County and served from 1872 to 1877 and from 1879 to 1881. [1] [2] [3] He died in 1893. [4] [5]
Johnson was one of seventeen children of William Henry Johnson (1789-1871),by his second wife Elizabeth Dye Johnson (1809-1869). Johnson's older brother Okey Johnson (1834-1903) was a lawyer,politician and West Virginia Supreme Court judge;he also served as the Dean of the West Virginia University Law School. Their much younger brother Thomas Corskadon Johnson (1848-1922) was a prominent Baptist minister in Charleston who served many terms as the moderator of the Kanawha Valley Baptist Association and was a local leader in the fight for prohibition.