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Reverdy Johnson

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American politician (1796-1876)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1796 to 1876 · aged 79
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Reverdy Johnson was an American politician, statesman, and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his courts-martial, and Mary Surratt, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Reverdy Johnson's house in Annapolis, Maryland, relocated onto the campus of St. John's College.[1]Reverdy Johnson's house in Annapolis, Maryland, relocated onto the campus of St. John's College.[1]Mrs. Reverdy Johnson by Thomas Sully, ca. 1840, Princeton University Art MuseumMrs. Reverdy Johnson by Thomas Sully, ca. 1840, Princeton University Art Museum

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Reverdy Johnson was an American politician, statesman, and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his courts-martial, and Mary Surratt, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A former Whig, he was a strong supporter of the Union war effort. At first he opposed wartime efforts to abolish slavery until 1864, and in 1865 supported the 13th Amendment banning slavery.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1796 to 1876 · aged 79
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