William Johnson (1771–1834)
Bushrod Washington served with Johnson on the U.S. Supreme Court for more than twenty-five years.
William Johnson, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1804 to 1834, was born on 27 December 1771 in St. James Goose Creek Parish, South Carolina. A graduate of The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), he was admitted to the bar in 1793. The following year he married Sarah Bennett, with whom he would have two children who reached adulthood. Johnson served as a state legislator (1794–99) and judge of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas (1799–1804) before Thomas Jefferson appointed him to the Supreme Court.
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Robert F. Karachuk, "Johnson, William, Jr. (December 27, 1771–August 4, 1834)," South Carolina Encyclopedia.
William Johnson at Oyez.
William Johnson Jr. at Federal Judicial Center.
William Johnson at Find a Grave.