Johnson, George H. "G.H."
House 1877 (District 26)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Hennepin
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1843 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Norway
Date of Death:
??/??/1929
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
G.H.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Minneapolis
Occupation (when first elected):
Farmer/Former County Sheriff
EDUCATION
Self Educated; At Least Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military:
1st Illinois Artillery (United States Civil War);
1862 to 1865
County Government:
Hennepin County, Minnesota (Sheriff);
1870 to 1876
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his birth year as 1843. Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877 lists 1842.
He moved to a farm in Cook County, Illinois in 1851, with his parents. He came to Minnesota in 1865.
"His politics are Republican, out and out." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 42)
Elected: 11/7/1876
Residence: Minneapolis
Term of Office: 1/2/1877 to 1/7/1878
Counties Represented:
Hennepin
Occupation: Farmer/Former County Sheriff
Party:
Republican
Party Notes: "His politics are Republican, out and out." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 42)