- Perley B. Johnson
Perley Brown Johnson (
September 8 ,1798 -February 9 ,1870 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio .Born in the blockhouse in
Marietta, Ohio , Johnson attended the public schools.He studied medicine.He commenced practice in Marietta in 1822.He moved to McConnelsville,Morgan County, Ohio , in 1823 and continued practice.He served as clerk of the court of common pleas in 1825.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1833-1835.Johnson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (
March 4 ,1843 -March 3 ,1845 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress.He resumed the practice of medicine inMcConnelsville, Ohio . Discontinued the practice of his profession in 1847 on account of ill health and lived in retirement until his death in McConnelsville, Ohio,February 9 ,1870 .He was interred in McConnelsville Cemetery.ource
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