- Johnson N. Camden, Jr.
Johnson Newton Camden, Jr. (
January 5 1865 -August 16 1942 ) was aUnited States Senator fromKentucky . His father,Johnson N. Camden , had been a U.S. Senator fromWest Virginia .Born in
Parkersburg, West Virginia , Camden Jr. attended Episcopal High School inAlexandria, Virginia ,Phillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts ,Virginia Military Institute inLexington, Virginia ,Columbia Law School inNew York City , and the law school atUniversity of Virginia in Charlottesville. Although admitted to the bar in 1888, he never practiced.He moved to Spring Hill Farm, near
Versailles, Kentucky , in 1890 and became involved in farming and horsebreeding. He was also interested in the opening and development of the coal fields in eastern Kentucky. He was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate onJune 16 ,1914 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of his predecessor,William O. Bradley .He was elected on
November 3 1914 and served untilMarch 3 1915 . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.He went back to agricultural activities on a farm near
Paris, Kentucky until he died, aged 77. He was buried in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort.ource
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