Robert Ward Johnson
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Robert Ward Johnson in 1858
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Confederate States Senator from Arkansas |
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In office February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1865 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Delegate from Arkansas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States |
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In office May 18, 1861 – February 17, 1862 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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United States Senator from Arkansas |
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In office July 6, 1853 – March 3, 1861 |
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| Preceded by | Solon Borland |
| Succeeded by | Charles B. Mitchel |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas W. Newton |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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July 22, 1814 Scott County, Kentucky |
| Died | July 26, 1879 (aged 65) Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas 34°44′16.5″N 92°16′38.6″W / 34.737917°N 92.277389°W |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Sarah Smith (m. 1836–62) Laura Smith (m. 1863–79) |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's College |
Robert Ward Johnson (July 22, 1814 – July 26, 1879) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Arkansas (1862-1865). He previously served as a U.S. Representative (1847-1853), Senator (1853-1861), and delegate to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (1861-1862).
Johnson was born to Benjamin and Matilda (née Williams) Johnson in Scott County, Kentucky. His father had three brothers who were elected as U.S. Congressmen and the family was politically prominent in the state. His grandfather had acquired thousands of acres of land in the area at the end of the eighteenth century. The family were slaveholders.
Robert Johnson's siblings included a sister Juliette. His paternal uncles were Richard Johnson, a United States Representative and Senator, and Vice President of the United States under Martin Van Buren; and his brothers James Johnson and John Telemachus Johnson, older and younger, respectively, who were each elected as US Representatives from Kentucky.
In 1821 when Robert was seven, his parents moved the family to Arkansas Territory, where his father had been appointed as Superior Judge. They settled in Little Rock. His father was appointed in 1836 as the first federal district judge in the new state of Arkansas. Johnson was later sent back to Kentucky to study at the Choctaw Academy, which his uncle Richard Johnson had founded in 1825 on his farm near Georgetown, primarily to educate Choctaw boys from the Southeast in the English language and European-American culture. He was handsomely paid by the federal government.
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