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Hon. Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876)
Unknown artist Oil on canvas, n. d. 37 1/2 H x 31 1/2 W Presented, unknown Donor, unknown Owner, Library Company of the Baltimore Bar Private Career: Admitted to the bar, 1815 Practiced law in Baltimore, 1819-1876 (intermittent) Public Service: State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1816-1817 Deputy Attorney General of Maryland, 1816-1817 Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Debtors, 1817 Maryland State Senator, Western Shore ,1821-1827 U.S. Senator Maryland, 1845-1849, 1863-1868 U.S Attorney General, 1849-1850 U.S. Secretary of War, ad interim, 1849 Member, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore County, 1861-1862 U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1868-1869 Comments: Counsel to President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial, 1868. Named one of the pre-eminent Maryland lawyers and judges of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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