John Johnson (August 7, 1833 – February 15, 1892) was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

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and was an Independent Republican. He also served as chairman of the

Town Board. Johnson was born on August 7, 1833, in

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received a public school education, and became a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled at York, except for a short time spent in Dodge County. He held various town offices, and served as chairman of the town board for five years. In the 1873 general election he received 995 votes, as an Independent Republican candidate, to 936 for Samuel C. Head, the Republican nominee), to represent the 1st Dane County Assembly district (Towns of Albion, Bristol, Cottage Grove, Christiana, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Medina, Pleasant Springs, Sun Prairie and York).

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* People from Columbia County, New York Politicians from Dane County, Wisconsin 1833 births 1892 deaths Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature 19th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1830s-stub