Claude M. Johnson

Claude M. Johnson

Claude M. Johnson (1852–1919) was a United States printer who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1893 to 1900.

Biography

Claude M. Johnson was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1852.^[1] He attended school in Lexington and New York.^[2]

After school, Johnson returned to Lexington and worked in the grocery and drug business.^[3] He was elected to the Lexington city council and then went on to serve as mayor of Lexington from 1880 to 1888.^[4]

Johnson had a long-standing relationship with fellow Kentuckian John G. Carlisle.^[5] When Carlisle became United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1893, he appointed Johnson Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.^[6] He held this office until 1900.^[7]

After leaving government service, Johnson worked as an Indian agent in Arizona.^[8] He then moved to London and headed a printing company there.^[9]

Johnson died in Lexington in 1919 at age 66.^[10]

References

1. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
2. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
3. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
4. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
5. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
6. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
7. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
8. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
9. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing
10. ^ Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Government offices
Preceded by William Morton Meredith	Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1893 – 1900	Succeeded by William Morton Meredith

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Name	Johnson, Claude M.
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Date of birth	1852
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Date of death	1919
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