Samuel Johnston

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Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.

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Label Occurrences
Samuel Johnston canonical 13
Samuel Johnston Sr. 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
burialPlace Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina ⓘ
chronology 18th-century American lawyer ⓘ
18th-century American politician ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1733-12-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1816-08-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish American ⓘ
familyName Johnston ⓘ
father Samuel Johnston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Johnston Sr.
givenName Samuel ⓘ
heritage Scottish ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Continental Congress ⓘ
North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party
movement Federalism in the United States ⓘ
notableFor Early political leadership in North Carolina ⓘ
Serving as Governor of North Carolina after the American Revolution ⓘ
Serving as one of the first U.S. senators from North Carolina ⓘ
notableWork Leadership in North Carolina’s ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEndTime 1789-12-07 (Governor of North Carolina) ⓘ
1793-03-03 (U.S. senator from North Carolina) ⓘ
officeStartTime 1787-02-13 (Governor of North Carolina) ⓘ
1789-11-26 (U.S. senator from North Carolina) ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War (political leadership) ⓘ
North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Ratifying Convention of the U.S. Constitution
placeOfBirth Dundee ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edenton ⓘ
surface form: Edenton, North Carolina

United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of North Carolina ⓘ
President of the Continental Congress (elected, declined to serve) ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
representedIn U.S. Senate from North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: United States Senate for North Carolina
residence Edenton ⓘ
surface form: Edenton, North Carolina
sibling Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative) ⓘ
spouse Frances Cathcart ⓘ
stateRepresented North Carolina ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Carolina leaders → includedLeader → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
Johnston County → namedAfter → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
Alexander Martin → precededBy → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
Samuel Johnston → father → Samuel Johnston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel Johnston Sr.
Richard Caswell → succeededBy → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
James Iredell Jr. → studiedLawUnder → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → hasResident → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → hasBurial → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → associatedPerson → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
Frances Cathcart → spouse → Samuel Johnston ⓘ
North Carolina Patriots → notableMember → Samuel Johnston ⓘ