Thomas Johnson

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Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
From: August 5, 1792 – January 16, 1793
Nominator | George Washington
Predecessor | John Rutledge
Successor | William Paterson
1st Governor of Maryland
From: March 21, 1777 – November 12, 1779
Predecessor | None
Successor | Thomas Sim Lee
Information

Party  | Federalist

Spouse(s)  | Ann Jennings Johnson

Religion  | Episcopalian[1]

Thomas Johnson (November 4, 1732 – October 26, 1819) was the first Governor of Maryland and an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a Maryland representative to the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia.[2]

## Personal life[edit]

On February 16, 1766, Johnson married Ann Jennings. They had eight children: Thomas Jennings, Ann Jennings, Rebecca (who died in infancy), Elizabeth, Rebecca, James, Joshua, and Dorcas.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Calendar of Maryland State Papers, Issue 15
2. ↑ Thomas Johnson - Maryland, Court, Washington, Served, Supreme, and Chief (English).
3. ↑ Ann Jennings Johnson (1745-1794)

Thomas Johnson Family by Charles Willson Peale, 1772

The U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Jay's Court (1789–1795)
| 1789–1792  |  John Rutledge | William Cushing | James Wilson | John Blair | James Iredell

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1792–1793  |  William Cushing | James Wilson | John Blair | James Iredell | Thomas Johnson
1793–1795  |  William Cushing | James Wilson | John Blair | James Iredell | William Paterson