John Johnson (Wisconsin politician)

John Johnson (August 7, 1833 – February 15, 1892[1]) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from York in Dane County and was an Independent Republican.

He also served as chairman of the York Town Board.

Johnson was born on August 7, 1833, in Ancram, New York received a public school education, and became a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled at York, except for a short time spent in Dodge County.

In the 1873 general election he received 995 votes, as an Independent Republican candidate, to 936 for Samuel C. Head, the Republican nominee), to represent the 1st Dane County Assembly district (Towns of Albion, Bristol, Cottage Grove, Christiana, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Medina, Pleasant Springs, Sun Prairie and York).

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