Claude M. Johnson

Claude M. Johnson Jr. (December 1, 1852 – March 21, 1919)[1][2] was an American printer who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1893 to 1900, and a six-term mayor of Lexington, Kentucky.

[1] After school, Johnson returned to Lexington and worked in the grocery and drug business.

[4] Johnson had a long-standing relationship with fellow Kentuckian John G.

[4] When Carlisle became United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1893, he appointed Johnson Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

[4] After leaving government service, Johnson worked as an Indian agent in Arizona.