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William Agnew Johnston
William Agnew Johnston (July 24, 1848 – January 23, 1937) was a Kansas State Representative in 1875, Kansas State Senator, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from December 1, 1884, to January 12, 1903, and chief justice from January 12, 1903, to June 30, 1935. Life and education Johnston was born July 24, 1848, in Pattersons Corners, Ontario, Pattersons Corners, Ontario, Canada, to Mathew and Jane Agnew Johnston. After the American Civil War in 1865 he moved with his uncle Hugh Agnew to Rockford, Illinois. He attended the Rockford Academy and worked as a fruit picker for four years. While at Rockford he observed a murder trial which was the start of his interest in law. He then moved in 1869 to Appleton City, Missouri, where he taught school and studied law in his spare time. He did not have any college training, instead he had an apprenticeship at a law office in Upton City, Missouri for three years. He first married Lucy Hoisington, from Kishwaukee, Illinois, in 1871, b ...
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William Agnew Johnston (July 24, 1848 – January 23, 1937) was a Kansas State Representative in 1875, Kansas State Senator, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from December 1, 1884, to January 12, 1903, and chief justice from January 12, 1903, to June 30, 1935. Life and education Johnston was born July 24, 1848, in Pattersons Corners, Ontario, Canada, to Mathew and Jane Agnew Johnston. After the American Civil War in 1865 he moved with his uncle Hugh Agnew to Rockford, Illinois. He attended the Rockford Academy and worked as a fruit picker for four years. While at Rockford he observed a murder trial which was the start of his interest in law. He then moved in 1869 to Appleton City, Missouri, where he taught school and studied law in his spare time. He did not have any college training, instead he had an apprenticeship at a law office in Upton City, Missouri for three years. He first married Lucy Hoisington, from Kishwaukee, Illinois, in 1871, but she died that same year. ...
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