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Herschel Vespasian Johnson (September 18, 1812 – August 16, 1880) was an American politician. He was the 41st Governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 U.S. presidential election .
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (May 3, 1894 – April 16, 1966) was a U.S. diplomat from North Carolina. [1] He was the great-grandson of Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson. [2] He served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1921 to 1953, and his career included posts in Europe, Latin America, and the United Nations.
United States presidential election of 1860. …declined nomination, and eventually to Herschel V. Johnson, a former U.S. senator and former governor of Georgia, who was chosen as Douglas’s running mate. Disaffected Democrats, largely Southerners, then nominated Breckinridge, with Sen. Joseph Lane of Oregon as his running mate.
HERSCHEL VESPARIAN JOHNSON, Georgia’s 26th Governor, was born in Burke County, Georgia, on September 18, 1812. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1834, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and established a legal career in Augusta and Louisville.
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1894-1966) was a United States foreign service officer whose career, 1921-1953, included posts in Europe, Latin America, and with the United Nations. The collection contains family, social, and personal correspondence.
The Hon. Herschel V. Johnson died at his home in Jefferson County, Ga., Monday night, at the age of 68 years. He was a native of Georgia, having been born in Burke County, Sept. 18, 1812. After being graduated at the University of Georgia in 1834, he adopted the profession of law, and became prominent in politics.
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON In the Georgia Secession Convention By William B. Collins Thomson, Georgia. In the presidential election of 1860 Abraham Lin-coln, of Illinois, and Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, were elected respectively president and vice president of the United States, on a platform which opposed the exten-
