Perley Brown Johnson (September 8, 1798 – February 9, 1870) was an American physician and politician who served as a

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from

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for one term from 1843 to 1845.

Biography

Born in the blockhouse in

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, Johnson attended the public schools. He studied medicine. He commenced practice in Marietta in 1822. He moved to McConnelsville

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, 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.

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in 1840 for

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. Taylor 1899 : 193 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. He resumed the practice of medicine in

McConnelsville, Ohio McConnelsville is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in Morgan County, Ohio, United States located 21 miles southeast of Zanesville, Ohio, Zanesville and 26 miles northwest of Marietta, Ohio, Marietta. The population was 1,784 at the 201 ...

. 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. 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

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during the

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. Robertson 1886 : 272

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