William Agnew Johnston

[3] He then moved in 1869 to Appleton City, Missouri, where he taught school and studied law in his spare time.

[4] He married political and social activist Lucy Browne 1875 in Camden, Ohio, her home town.

[6] He received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Baker University, Kansas, in 1901 and Washburn College, Topeka in 1904.

[3] Also that year he joined the Rossington, Smith, and Johnston law firm, and was appointed the Assistant United States Attorney, a position he held until 1880.

[3] In 1880 he was elected became the 11th Kansas Attorney General serving two terms from January 10, 1881, to December 1, 1884, being re-elected in 1882.

[3] In 1935 Johnston retired before the end of his current term and was replaced by Rousseau Angelus Burch as chief justice and the spare seat on the court was filled by Hugo T.