Thomas Johnson Jr.

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Thomas Johnson Jr. was an American Founding Father who served as the first Governor of Maryland and later as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Thomas Johnson 4
Thomas Johnson Jr. canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Founding Father ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
appointedBy George Washington ⓘ
birthDate 1732-11-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Calvert County, Maryland ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1819-10-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
educatedAt informal legal apprenticeship ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Johnson ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
knownFor early supporter of George Washington ⓘ
first elected Governor of Maryland ⓘ
service as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
memberOf Continental Congress ⓘ
Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists

Maryland bar ⓘ
nominatedToPosition Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableWork helped select the site for the national capital (Washington, D.C.) ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1793 ⓘ
Governor of Maryland, 1779 ⓘ
officeStart Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1792 ⓘ
Governor of Maryland, 1777 ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Chief Judge of the Maryland General Court ⓘ
Governor of Maryland ⓘ
delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ
member of the Maryland House of Delegates ⓘ
member of the Maryland Provincial Convention ⓘ
reasonForResignation ill health ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Episcopal Church
residence Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
sibling Joshua Johnson ⓘ
Rebecca Johnson ⓘ
signatoryTo Articles of Confederation ⓘ
supported American independence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor of Maryland → firstHolder → Thomas Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Johnson Jr.
Johnson County, Kansas → namedFor → Thomas Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Johnson Jr.
Committee of Secret Correspondence → member → Thomas Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Johnson Jr.
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge → namedAfter → Thomas Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Johnson Jr.