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George Washington Johnson (May 27, 1811April 8, 1862) was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky. A lawyer-turned-farmer from Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson favored secession as a means of preventing the Civil War, believing the Union and Confederacy would be forces of equal strength, each too wary to attack the other. As political sentiment in the Commonwealth took a decidedly Union turn following the elections of 1861, Johnson was instrumental in organizing a sovereignty convention in Russellville, Kentucky with the intent of "severing forever our connection with the Federal Government." The convention created a Confederate shadow government for the Commonwealth, and Johnson was elected its governor.

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  • George W. Johnson (governor)
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  • George Washington Johnson (May 27, 1811April 8, 1862) was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky. A lawyer-turned-farmer from Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson favored secession as a means of preventing the Civil War, believing the Union and Confederacy would be forces of equal strength, each too wary to attack the other. As political sentiment in the Commonwealth took a decidedly Union turn following the elections of 1861, Johnson was instrumental in organizing a sovereignty convention in Russellville, Kentucky with the intent of "severing forever our connection with the Federal Government." The convention created a Confederate shadow government for the Commonwealth, and Johnson was elected its governor.
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Office
  • Governor of Kentucky
Unit
  • Company E of the Fourth Kentucky Infantry Regiment
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serviceyears
  • 1862(xsd:integer)
term start
  • 1838(xsd:integer)
  • 1861-11-20(xsd:date)
Birth Date
  • 1811-05-27(xsd:date)
Branch
committees
  • Committee of Sixty
death place
  • Shiloh, Tennessee, USA
state house
  • Kentucky
Spouse
  • Ann Eliza Viley
Name
  • George W. Johnson
District
  • Scott County
Alma mater
Party
  • Democrat
Birth Place
  • Scott County, Kentucky, USA
term end
  • 1840(xsd:integer)
  • 1862-04-08(xsd:date)
death date
  • 1862-04-08(xsd:date)
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Battles
Successor
restingplace
  • Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky, USA
Profession
  • Legal
lieutenant
Children
  • 10(xsd:integer)
Occupation
  • Farmer
Order
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Birthname
  • George Washington Johnson
Nationality
  • American
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  • Office established
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  • George Washington Johnson (May 27, 1811April 8, 1862) was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky. A lawyer-turned-farmer from Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson favored secession as a means of preventing the Civil War, believing the Union and Confederacy would be forces of equal strength, each too wary to attack the other. As political sentiment in the Commonwealth took a decidedly Union turn following the elections of 1861, Johnson was instrumental in organizing a sovereignty convention in Russellville, Kentucky with the intent of "severing forever our connection with the Federal Government." The convention created a Confederate shadow government for the Commonwealth, and Johnson was elected its governor. Despite his meager political experience—having previously served only three years in the Kentucky House of Representatives—Johnson labored vehemently to ensure the success of the shadow government. Kentucky was admitted to the Confederacy on December 10, 1861, but the shadow government's influence in the Commonwealth extended only as far as the Confederate Army advanced. When Albert Sidney Johnston abandoned the Confederate capital of Bowling Green, Governor Johnson and the other government officials accompanied him. Despite his advanced age and a crippled arm, Johnson volunteered for military service in General Johnston's army. Johnson was killed at the Battle of Shiloh, making him the only state governor, Union or Confederate, to fall in battle during the Civil War. He was succeeded by Richard Hawes, the second and last governor of Confederate Kentucky.
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