William H. Johnson (c. 1806 - ?) was an American politician and farmer from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Jefferson County during the 1849 session (the 2nd Wisconsin Legislature), succeeding fellow Democrat Ninian E. Whiteside.State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 68.
Public service Johnson had become postmaster of Fort Atkinson in Wisconsin Territory in October 1846.Prepared at the Department of State. Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1847 etc. ... Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, Printers, 1847; p. 450
At the time he took office in the Assembly in January 1849, he was reported to be 42 years old, a farmer from Maine, and to have been in Wisconsin five years."List of Members of the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin", Wisconsin Express January 30, 1849; p. 4; via Newspapers.com In 1850 he was succeeded by John K. Williams, another Democrat.
Private life On July 6, 1849, he is recorded as Past Grand Master of Fort Atkinson Lodge, No. 24, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, Together with the Journal of Proceedings of the Grand Lodge at Its First Annual Session, Held June 9, 1847, At the City of Milwaukee Milwaukee: Wilson & King, Book and Job Printers, 1847; p.22
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