Robert Johnson purchased land in what is now Kentucky, but was then part of Virginia, from Patrick Henry and from James Madison. His brothers John and Henry Johnson survived him. Richard Mentor Johnson was born in the settlement of Beargrass on the Kentucky frontier (present-day Louisville) on October 17, 1780, the fifth of Robert and Jemima (Suggett) Johnson's 11 children, and the second of eight sons. He finally was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1850, but died on November 19, 1850, just two weeks into his term. Johnson tried to return to public office but was defeated. He lost to William Henry Harrison, a Whig. Van Buren campaigned for reelection without a running mate. Johnson proved such a liability for the Democrats in the 1836 election that they refused to renominate him for vice president in 1840. The Senate elected him to the vice-presidential office. Virginia's delegation to the Electoral College refused to endorse Johnson, voting instead for William Smith of South Carolina. Campaigning with the slogan "Rumpsey Dumpsey, Rumpsey Dumpsey, Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh", Johnson fell one short of the electoral votes needed to secure his election. In 1836, Johnson was the Democratic nominee for vice-president on a ticket with Martin Van Buren. It is believed that because of this, the state legislature picked another candidate for the Senate in 1828, forcing Johnson to leave in 1829, but his Congressional district voted for him and returned him to the House in the next election. He acknowledged their two daughters as his children, giving them his surname, much to the consternation of some of his constituents. Unlike other upper-class planters and leaders who had African-American mistresses or concubines, but never acknowledged them, Johnson treated Chinn as his common law wife. With his increasing prominence, Johnson was criticized for his interracial relationship with Julia Chinn, a mixed-race slave who was classified as octoroon (or seven-eighths white). The state legislature appointed him to the Senate in 1819 to fill the seat vacated by John J. Many reported that he personally killed the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, a claim that he later used to his political advantage.Īfter the war, Johnson returned to the House of Representatives. Johnson led troops in the Battle of the Thames. He and his brother James served under William Henry Harrison in Upper Canada. At the outset of the War of 1812, Johnson was commissioned a colonel in the Kentucky Militia and commanded a regiment of mounted volunteers from 1812 to 1813. He became allied with fellow Kentuckian Henry Clay as a member of the War Hawks faction that favored war with Britain in 1812.
Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1806 in the early Federal period. He began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Richard Mentor Johnson (Octo – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren.
Julia Chinn (1790–1833) ( common law marriage)
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