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Albert Johnson (other)
Albert Johnson may refer to: Politics * Albert Johnson (congressman) (1869–1957), U.S. Representative from Washington *Albert Johnson (Mississippi politician), state legislator from Mississippi *Albert Johnson (New Mexico politician) (died 1984), mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico * Albert W. Johnson (1906–1998), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Sports * Albert Johnson (hammer thrower) (1880–1963), American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics *Albert Johnson (soccer) (1880–1941), Canadian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1904 Olympic Games * Albert Johnson (jockey) (1900–1966), American Hall of Fame jockey * Albert Ariel Bedwin Johnson (1914–1996), English real tennis player *Albert Johnson (rugby league, born 1918) (1918–1998), for Great Britain, England, and Warrington *Albert Johnson (footballer, born 1920) (1920–2011), English professional footballer * Albert Johnson (footballer, born 1923) (1923–1989), English profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Johnson (congressman)
Albert Johnson (March 5, 1869 – January 17, 1957) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Washington's third congressional district from 1915 to 1933. Background Born in Springfield, Illinois, Johnson attended the schools at Atchison, Kansas and Hiawatha, Kansas. Career Journalist Johnson worked as a reporter on the ''St. Joseph'' (Missouri) ''Herald'' and the ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat'' from 1888 to 1891, as managing editor of the ''New Haven Register'' in 1896 and 1897, and as news editor of ''The Washington Post'' in 1898. To edit the ''Tacoma News'' he moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1898. He became editor and publisher of ''Grays Harbor Washingtonian'' (Hoquiam, Washington) in 1907. Representative Albert Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1933), but was defeated in a bid for reelection in November 1932. While a Member of Congress, Johnson was commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Johnson (gridiron Football)
Albert Johnson III (born November 11, 1977) is a former Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Johnson played his college football for Southern Methodist University and then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played three games in 1999. Johnson then signed with the Blue Bombers and went on to win the league's Rookie of the Year Award in 2000 after leading the league in return yardage. He signed with the Texans but suffered injuries throughout his National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ... stint. In 2006 Johnson returned to the Blue Bombers and once again led the CFL in return yardage and was second in combined yards to teammate Charles Roberts. Johnson was released in January 2008 as the Bombers sought to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Johnson (other)
Al Johnson may refer to: Sports American football * Al Johnson (American football coach) (1922–2011), American football player and coach * Al Johnson (defensive back) (born 1950), American football defensive back and running back * Al Johnson (guard) (born 1979), American football guard Other sports * Al Johnson (baseball executive) (1860–1901), American Major League Baseball team owner * Al Johnson (basketball) (1913–1991), American professional basketball player in the NBL * Al Johnson (pitcher) (fl. 1936), American baseball player * Al Johnson (ice hockey) (1935–2019), Canadian ice hockey player Music * Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (born 1939), New Orleans singer and pianist * Al Johnson (musician) (1948–2013), American R&B singer who was a member of The Unifics Politics * Al Johnson (politician) (born 1939), Canadian Member of Parliament * Boris Johnson (born 1964), former prime minister of the United Kingdom, whose first name is Alexander and is called "Al" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prodigy (rapper)
Albert Johnson (November 2, 1974 – June 20, 2017), better known by his stage name Prodigy, was an American rapper. With Havoc, he was one half of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep. Early life Prodigy was born on November 2, 1974, in Hempstead, New York, on Long Island. He was raised in LeFrak City, in Queens. He had one elder brother, Greg Johnson. He came from a musical family. His grandfather Budd Johnson was a saxophonist who was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993. His grand-uncle, Keg Johnson, was a trombonist. Both of them are remembered for their contributions to the bebop era of jazz. His mother, Fatima Frances (Collins) Johnson,Blisteen, JonMobb Deep Rapper Prodigy Dead at 42 ''Rolling Stone''. June 20, 2017. was a member of The Crystals. His father, Budd Johnson Jr., was a member of a doo-wop music group called The Chanters. His great-great-great-grandfather, William Jefferson White, founded Georgia's Morehouse College. While attending the High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Johnson (criminal)
Albert Johnson ( – February 17, 1932), also known as the Mad Trapper of Rat River, was a fugitive whose actions stemming from a trapping dispute eventually sparked a huge manhunt in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in Northern Canada. The event became a media circus as Johnson eluded the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) team sent to take him into custody, which ended after a pursuit lasting more than a month and a shootout in which Johnson was fatally wounded on the Eagle River, Yukon. Albert Johnson is suspected to have been a pseudonym and his true identity remains unknown. Attack on police Albert Johnson arrived in Fort McPherson after coming down the Peel River on July 9, 1931. He was questioned by RCMP constable Edgar Millen, but provided little information. Millen thought he had a Scandinavian accent, generally kept himself clean-shaven, and seemed to have plenty of money for supplies. After venturing the waterways in an indigenous-built raft to the Macke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Wesley Johnson
Albert Wesley "Al" Johnson (October 18, 1923 – November 9, 2010) was a Canadian civil servant, former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto, and author. Born in Insinger, Saskatchewan, he received a Master's in public administration (MPA) from the University of Toronto and an MPA and a PhD from Harvard University. He was deputy treasurer of Saskatchewan from 1952 until 1964. Johnson was one of the key figures in the development of universal medicare, first in Saskatchewan in the governments of Premier Tommy Douglas and Premier Woodrow Lloyd and subsequently at the national level. In 1964 he became assistant deputy minister of finance for the federal government. From 1975 until 1982 he was president of the CBC. He subsequently taught at Queen's University and the University of Toronto. In 1980 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1996 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Williams Johnson
Albert Williams Johnson (November 28, 1872 – March 22, 1957) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Weikert, Pennsylvania, Johnson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Bucknell University in 1896 and read law in that year as well. He was an instructor in law at Bucknell University from 1902 to 1926. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1901 to 1902, and was a solicitor for the Borough of Lewisburg and Union County, Pennsylvania from 1908 to 1912. He was Presiding Judge for the 17th Judicial District of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1922. He was solicitor for the Pennsylvania Department of Education from 1922 to 1923. Federal judicial service Johnson received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on May 21, 1925, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Charles B. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Mussey Johnson
Albert Mussey Johnson (May 31, 1872 – January 7, 1948), was a millionaire who served for many years as president of the National Life Insurance Company, built Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, and was variously partner, friend, and dupe of infamous Wild West con man Death Valley Scotty, for whose outrageous antics he later served as financier. Early years Albert Johnson was born into a prominent family in Oberlin, Ohio. He was the son of Albert Harrison Johnson (1838–1899) and his wife Rebecca A. Jenkins (1842–1915). Johnson's father was an extremely wealthy man who owned several banks, a utility company, and a few stone quarries in the vicinity of Oberlin. He was also President of the Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, which was based in Helena, Arkansas. Although records of Albert M. Johnson's early life are frequently contradictory and uncertain, it is known that he was given a very religious upbringing. It has been asserted numerous times that Johnson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Tilford Johnson
Albert Tilford Johnson (November 1, 1851 – December 24, 1916) was a successful banker in Peoria, Illinois. Early life Descended from one of Peoria's oldest pioneer families,Albert T. Johnson dead. Peoria Star, 26 Dec. 1916, p. 10. Johnson was the first of four children but the only son of the Swedish immigrants John Johnson (1828–1857) and Anne Matilda Anderson (1829–1905). He was born in Peoria, IL and he had three younger sisters; Almire "Myra" Johnson (1853–1883), Emma Rebecca Johnson (1855–1904) and Sophie Christine Johnson (1857–1954). His father died when he was only 5 years old. By the time he was 18 years old he was already working as a bank clerk in Peoria, Illinois. Middle years Johnson was known to be a gentleman of the highest character whose friendships were many and sincere. He married Elizabeth Breading McIlvaine (1858–1950) at the age of 30 on December 29, 1881, in Peoria, Illinois. She was a professional organist. They had three children: Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Johnson (rugby League)
Arthur "Chick" Johnson (born 28 October 1890) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Widnes and Warrington, as a , or , during the era of contested scrums. Arthur Johnson inherited his nickname of 'Chick' from his father, the rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s for Lancashire, and Widnes; Old 'Chick' (James "Jim") Johnson. Playing career International honours On the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, Widnes provided Jack O'Garra, from a well-known footballing family, and Arthur "Chick" Johnson a renowned as an exponent of the long-dead art of dribbling a rugby ball. He was a forward playing out of position on the . With 20 minutes left in the game he dribbled the ball from inside his own half, beating Australia's , Howard Hallett, to score a try, in what became known as the Rorke's Drift Test. Johnson, gained a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Johnson (racewalker)
Albert H. Johnson (1 May 1931 – 20 May 2011) was a British racewalker. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1931 births 2011 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games British male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Place of birth missing Commonwealth Games competitors for the Isle of Man {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Johnson (Mississippi Politician)
Albert Johnson was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Warren County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871. He was born in Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to .... He was enslaved and worked as a plasterer. In 1868, the Vicksburg Herald newspaper ran an account of an event at which he gave a speech. He was the first African American to serve on Warren County’s Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican. In 1872 the paper reported that Johnson "cow-hides" a "carpetbagger". He repudiated the view of a local reverend and stated he wanted harmony between blacks and whites. References American freedmen County supervisors in Mississippi African-American state legislators in Mississippi People from W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
