Edgar Mayer Johnson

Edgar Mayer Johnson
Birthdate:	November 05, 1836
Birthplace:	Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, United States
Death:	December 08, 1893 (57) Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of David Israel Johnson and Eliza Johnson Husband of Laura Johnson Father of Edgar M Johnson and Fred L. Johnson Brother of Edward Israel Johnson; Henry Davis Johnson; Frederick Augustus Johnson; Selina Emma Johnson; James W. Johnson and 2 others

Managed by:	Kevin Lawrence Hanit
Last Updated:	September 18, 2021

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About Edgar Mayer Johnson

Admitted to the Cincinnati bar in 1854, at the age of eighteen. He became prosecuting attorney of the police court of Cincinnati by appointment in 1857, and was elected to the office in 1859, serving one full term. Johnson was a member of the school board of Cincinnati from 1867 to 1871, and was mainly instrumental in bringing into the courts the famous controversy as to the reading of the Bible in the public schools, the controversy resulting in the discontinuance of the reading.

In 1864 Johnson, with John P. Jackson and the Honorable George Hoadly, then a judge of the superior court of Cincinnati, formed a partnership under the name of "Hoadly, Jackson & Johnson." In 1877 Johnson and Hoadly went to New York city and associated themselves with Edward Lauterbach under the firm name of "Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson," which partnership continued until the death of Johnson on Dec. 8, 1893. In 1881 Johnson was nominated as lieutenant-governor of Ohio, but failed of election.

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1836	November 5, 1836	Birth of Edgar Mayer Johnson Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, United States
1872	October 17, 1872	Birth of Edgar M Johnson Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, United States
1893	December 8, 1893 Age 57	Death of Edgar Mayer Johnson Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH, United States
????		Birth of Fred L. Johnson

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