Richard M. Johnson

9th Vice President
Political Party	Democratic
Term 	March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841  (56-60)
President 	Martin Van Buren
Predecessor 	Martin Van Buren
Successor 	John Tyler
Full Name 	Richard Mentor Johnson
Birth 	
October 17, 1780
Beargrass, Kentucky
Father 	Robert Johnson  (1745-1815)
Mother 	Jemima Suggett  (1753-1814)
Brothers 	
James Johnson  (1774-1826)
William Johnson  (1775-1814)
Benjamin Johnson  (1784-1849)
Robert Johnson  (1786-1819)
John Telemachus Johnson  (1788-1856)
Joel Johnson  (1790-1846)
George Washington Johnson  (1792-1810)
Henry Johnson  (1794-1862)
Sisters 	
Elizabeth Johnson Payne  (1772-1846)
Sarah Johnson Ward  (1778-1816)
Alma Mater 	Transylvania University  (1799)
Military Service	
Colonel
United States Army
1812-1814
Occupation 	
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives  (1841-1843, 1850)
Representative from Kentucky's 13th District  (1833-1837)
Representative from Kentucky's 5th District  (1829-1833)
U.S. Senator from Kentucky  (1819-1829)
Representative from Kentucky's 3rd District  (1813-1819)
Representative from Kentucky's 4th District  (1807-1813)
Store Owner
Lawyer
Death 	
November 19, 1850
Frankfort, Kentucky
(70 years)
Marriages
Julia Chinn  (1780-1833)	
Common-law marriage began in 1810
Widowed 1833
(23 years)
Children
Adaline Chinn Johnson Scott
(m.1832 Thomas Scott)	
Born 1812
Died 1836
(24 years)
Imogene Chinn Johnson Pence
(m.1830 Daniel Pence)	
Born 1812
Died 1883
(71 years)