Henry Underwood Johnson (October 28, 1850 - June 4, 1939) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Indiana

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Born in Cambridge City, Indiana

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, Johnson attended the Centerville Collegiate Institute and Earlham College

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, Richmond, Indiana

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He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1872 and commenced practice in Centerville, Indiana

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He moved to Richmond, Indiana

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, in 1876 and continued the practice of his profession.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Wayne County 1876-1880.
He served as member of the Indiana State Senate 1887-1889.

Johnson was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-second

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 and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1899).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

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 and Fifty-fifth

55th United States Congress

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 Congresses).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898.
He was affiliated with the Democratic Party

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 upon the expiration of his congressional career.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1899 and continued the practice of law until 1900 when he returned to Richmond, Indiana

Richmond, Indiana

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, to resume his former law practice.
He died in Richmond, Indiana

Richmond, Indiana

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, June 4, 1939.
He was interred in Earlham Cemetery.