{"id":509,"date":"2018-07-16T17:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T22:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:49:12","slug":"william-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"William Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>William Johnson (Hinds County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1872-1873<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>Hinds County, MS<\/p>\n<p>Director of schools in Raymond. An 1871 article in the\u00a0<em>Clarion-Ledger<\/em>\u00a0says he was &#8220;born and raised in this immediate vicinity.&#8221; Because of his common name, I have been unable to pinpoint Johnson on any census. There are multiple possibilities on the 1870 census, and by 1880, he had left Mississippi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1826\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/wmj3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1826 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, October 5, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5492\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/election-results-and-rosters\/natchez_democrat_1871_11_21_page_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5492\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5492\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Natchez_Democrat_1871_11_21_Page_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Election results, November 21, 1871\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Natchez_Democrat_1871_11_21_Page_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Natchez_Democrat_1871_11_21_Page_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, November 21, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5902\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-reese\/newton\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5902\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5902\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/newton-150x150.png\" alt=\"Hinds County Gazette, January 24, 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/newton-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/newton-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, January 24, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5898\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-reese\/rightsbill\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5898\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rightsbill-150x150.png\" alt=\"Hinds County Gazette, March 20, 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rightsbill-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rightsbill-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, March 20, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4604\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-lynch\/meeting\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4604\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/meeting-150x150.png\" alt=\"Hinds County Gazette, May 1, 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/meeting-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/meeting-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, May 1, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1804\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/integration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1804 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/integration-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/integration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/integration-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, May 1, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2894\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-a-shorter-jr\/capture-25\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2894 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-17-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-17-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-17-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 13, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1811\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/wmj2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1811 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 31, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1824\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/wmj2-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1824 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj2-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj2-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj2-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, November 1, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1809\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/wmj\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1809 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, January 24, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Johnson (Hinds County) State House:\u00a01872-1873 Born:\u00a0Hinds County, MS Director of schools in Raymond. An 1871 article in the\u00a0Clarion-Ledger\u00a0says he was &#8220;born and raised in this immediate vicinity.&#8221; Because of his common name, I have been unable to pinpoint Johnson on any census. There are multiple possibilities on the 1870 census, and by 1880, he &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;William Johnson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5905,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions\/5905"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}