Richard Mentor Johnson

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American politician human vice president of the United States

Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Martin Van Buren and known for his controversial personal life and claims of having killed the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in battle.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → human → vice president of the United States →
allegedToHaveKilled	Tecumseh →
battleParticipatedIn	Battle of the Thames →
birthDate	1780-10-17 →
birthPlace	Beargrass, Virginia, United States → Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED →
conflictParticipatedIn	War of 1812 →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1850-11-19 →
deathPlace	Frankfort, Kentucky → surface form: Frankfort, Kentucky, United States
electionMethodAsVicePresident	elected by the United States Senate →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Johnson →
givenName	Richard NERFINISHED →
ideology	Jacksonian era → surface form: Jacksonian democracy
memberOf	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
notableFor	being the only vice president elected by the U.S. Senate under the Twelfth Amendment → claims of personal participation in the death of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames → controversial relationship with an enslaved woman, Julia Chinn →
occupation	lawyer → planter → slave owner →
officeNumber	9 →
partyAffiliation	Democratic Party →
placeOfBurial	Frankfort Cemetery →
positionHeld	U.S. Representative → surface form: United States representative United States Senator → surface form: United States senator member of the Kentucky House of Representatives → vice president of the United States →
previousPartyAffiliation	Democratic-Republican Party →
religion	Baptist →
representedInCongress	Kentucky →
residence	Blue Spring Farm, Kentucky →
servedAs	chair of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads →
servedUnder	Martin Van Buren →
spouseOrPartner	Julia Chinn →
stateOfPrimaryResidence	Kentucky →
stateRepresentedInHouse	Kentucky →
stateRepresentedInSenate	Kentucky →
termEnd	1841-03-04 →
termStart	1837-03-04 →
vicePresidentOf	United States of America →

Referenced by (4)

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

Johnson County, Iowa → namedAfter → Richard Mentor Johnson →

Johnson County, Missouri → namedFor → Richard Mentor Johnson →

Battle of the Thames → notableParticipant → Richard Mentor Johnson →

Martin Van Buren → vicePresident → Richard Mentor Johnson →