J. H. Johnson (politician) facts for kids

J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented DeSoto County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1872-1875.

He was an abolitionist from Ohio who assisted people in their escape from slavery. He served as a trustee of a normal school in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

He studied at Oberlin College. He attended a colored convention in 1872. He was described as short, very stout, and as having one-half Anglo-Saxon blood. He proposed a bill to establish a female normal school in Hillsboro, Mississippi. He was a Republican.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era