Claude M. Johnson Jr. (December 1, 1852 – March 21, 1919) was an American printer who was

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from 1893 to 1900, and a six-term mayor of Lexington, Kentucky.

Biography

Claude M. Johnson Jr. was born in

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in 1852, to Claude M. Johnson, a plantation owner, and Rosa Vertner Johnson, a poet. He attended school in Lexington and

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. After school, Johnson returned to Lexington and worked in the

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and drug business. He was elected to the Lexington

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and then went on to serve as mayor of Lexington from 1880 to 1888.Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Johnson had a long-standing relationship with fellow Kentuckian

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. When Carlisle became

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in 1893, he appointed Johnson

. He held this office until 1900. After leaving government service, Johnson worked as an

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. He then moved to

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and headed a printing company there. Johnson died in Lexington in 1919 at age 66.

References

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