Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson (died July 23, 1802) was a U.S. representative from North Carolina. Johnson was born in Scotland; engaged as a planter; elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, 1784, and 1785, but did not attend; served in the state senate in 1781–1784, 1788–1790, and 1792 (and as Speaker in 1789 after the death of Richard Caswell); elected as a Republican in a special election to the Seventh Congress (serving from March 4, 1801, until his death on July 23, 1802, in Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina); interment in Edenton Cemetery.

Biography

Johnson served in the North Carolina Senate representing Chowan County, North Carolina, from 1781 to 1784 and from 1788 to 1792. but was later elected to Congress from the 8th district in 1800, in which his one term was cut short by his death.

Johnson built the original section of the Strawberry Hill plantation home.

Johnson was a relative of Samuel Johnston and James Iredell Jr., both of whom served as U.S. senators and governors of North Carolina.