Richard Mentor Johnson
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Richard Mentor Johnson was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. S.
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The women of Bryan's Station draw water while the enemy looks on
"An affecting scene in Kentucky," a racist cartoon by Henry R. Robinson mocking Johnson's mixed-race family and political allies, 1836
Portrait by Anna C. Peale, 1818
Nathaniel Currier's lithograph (c. 1846) is one of many images that portrayed Johnson as Tecumseh's killer.
Portrait of Johnson in uniform
"Col. Johnson liberating an unfortunate debtor," an illustration published in an 1843 biographical sketch of Johnson
Lithograph by Albert Newsam, 1832In their orbit 1
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Richard Mentor Johnson was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. He began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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