Joseph B. Johnson

Joseph Benson Johnson (September 28, 1837 – March 29, 1913) was an American farmer and Republican politician from Grant County, Wisconsin. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing northern Grant County during the 1893 session. He also served three terms as village president of Montfort, Wisconsin.

Biography Joseph B. Johnson was born in Oakland County, Michigan, in September 1837. He was educated in the common schools in Oakland County and Detroit, and came to Wisconsin in 1855. He settled on a farm in the town of Highland, in Iowa County, Wisconsin, and resided there for over 25 years and was elected to the Iowa County Board of Supervisors from 1875 through 1879.

In 1880 he moved to the neighboring community of Montfort, Wisconsin, in Grant County, and served on the Grant County Board of Supervisors in 1881, 1882, 1885, 1887, and 1889. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1892, running on the Republican Party ticket. He represented Grant County's 2nd Assembly district, which then comprised the northern half of the county.

Johnson did, however, receive a consolation from the Republican caucus. After leaving office at the end of the 41st Wisconsin Legislature, he was hired as assistant sergeant-at-arms for the State Assembly in the 42nd Wisconsin Legislature.

After leaving the Legislature, he served three non-consecutive terms as village president of Montfort. He died of a sudden heart failure in his sleep at his home in Montfort on March 29, 1913.

Personal life and family Joseph B. Johnson married Martha Comfort in 1862. They had at least five children, four of which survived them.