Robert Ward Johnson

Robert Ward Johnson (July 22, 1814 – July 26, 1879) was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Robert Ward Johnson was born in Scott County, Kentucky. He attended Choctaw Academy and St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Kentucky. He moved with his father to Arkansas in 1821. Johnson studied law and was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1835. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Little Rock, Arkansas and served from 1840 to 1842 and effectively acted as the state's attorney. Johnson took up residence in Helena, Arkansas prior to the Civil War. Johnson was elected to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second congresses. He was chairman on the Committee on Indian Affairs. Johnson...