Thomas Johnson (December 29, 1808 – March 25, 1878)[1][2] was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1845 to 1852.
Born in Maryland,[1][3] Johnson moved to St. Louis, Missouri in the autumn of 1834 and to Batesville, Arkansas in January, 1836.
[1] In 1840, the Democratic Party-dominated legislature elected Johnson to be chief justice following the expiration of Judge Daniel Ringo's term.
[3] Soon after his seating on the supreme court, he moved to Little Rock.
[2][3] He was a tall, darkhaired, thin, "dry man, of great honesty and uprightness of character".