William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) explained

William H. Johnson (c. 1806 - ?) was an American politician and farmer from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Jefferson County during the 1849 session (the 2nd Wisconsin Legislature), succeeding fellow Democrat Ninian E. Whiteside.^[1]

Public service

Johnson had become postmaster of Fort Atkinson in Wisconsin Territory in October 1846.^[2]

At the time he took office in the Assembly in January 1849, he was reported to be 42 years old, a farmer from Maine, and to have been in Wisconsin five years.^[3] In 1850 he was succeeded by John K. Williams, another Democrat.

Private life

On July 6, 1849, he is recorded as Past Grand Master of Fort Atkinson Lodge, No. 24, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.^[4]

Notes and References

1. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 - 1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 68.
2. Prepared at the Department of State. Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1847 etc. ... Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, Printers, 1847; p. 450
3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20714176/solon-johnson-list-of-all-assembly-membe/ "List of Members of the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin"
4. Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, Together with the Journal of Proceedings of the Grand Lodge at Its First Annual Session, Held June 9, 1847, At the City of Milwaukee Milwaukee: Wilson & King, Book and Job Printers, 1847; p.22