Charles Johnson (North Carolina politician) explained

Charles Johnson
State1:	North Carolina
Term Start1:	March 4, 1801
Term End1:	July 23, 1802
Predecessor1:	David Stone
Successor1:	Thomas Wynns
Birth Place:	Scotland
Death Date:	July 23, 1802
Death Place:	Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina, United States
Party:	Democratic-Republican Party

Charles Johnson (died July 23, 1802) was a Congressional representative from North Carolina. Johnson was born in Scotland;^{[1] [2]} engaged as a planter; elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, 1784, and 1785, but did not attend; served in the state senate in 1781–1784, 1788–1790, and 1792 (and as Speaker in 1789 after the death of Richard Caswell); elected as a Republican in a special election to the Seventh Congress (serving from March 4, 1801, until his death on July 23, 1802, in Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina); interment in Edenton Cemetery.^[3]

Biography

Johnson served in the North Carolina Senate representing Chowan County, North Carolina, from 1781 to 1784 and from 1788 to 1792.

Johnson built the original section of the Strawberry Hill plantation home.^[4]

See also

• Seventh United States Congress
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

• "CSR Documents by Johnston, Charles." Colonial and State Records of North Carolina. Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/creators/csr10613
• U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
• OurCampaigns.com OurCampaigns.com

Notes and References

1. News: Charles Johnson or something like that. The New York Evening Post. April 9, 1802. page 2.
2. Web site: Mary A. Hinson and Elizabeth Moore. Strawberry Hill. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1979. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . August 1, 2014.
3. Web site: Charles Johnson. Moore, James Elliott. 1988. December 15, 2019. NCPEDIA.
4. Web site: Mary A. Hinson and Elizabeth Moore. Strawberry Hill. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1979. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . August 1, 2014.