Clarke Howard Johnson (November 18, 1851 – September 14, 1930) was a judge and state legislator in Rhode Island. He served as an associate justice of the

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from 1903 to 1913 and chief justice from 1913 to 1917. He resigned upon reaching the age of 65, as required by state law. His parents were Elisha and Matilda (Howard) Johnson. He was born in

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and educated in its district schools as well as

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in North Scituate. He graduated from

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in 1877 and was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar in 1879. He married, Ida S. Harrington December 21, 1889. He served as a Representative in the General Assembly from 1879 to 1902 and as clerk of the House of Representatives from 1881 to 1886. He was a justice of the Eighth District Court from 1886 to 1903. He was elected associate justice of the Supreme Court March 6, 1903. He was a Republican.E.C. Bowler,
An Album of the Attorneys of Rhode Island
'' (1904), p. 15. In 1921

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conferred an LLD degree on him. He died September 14, 1930, at his home in

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1851 births 1930 deaths People from Foster, Rhode Island Brown University alumni Republican Party members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court {{RhodeIsland-state-judge-stub