Charles Clement Johnston (April 30, 1795 – June 17, 1832) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in

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, and educated at home, he moved with his parents to his grandfather's house, Panicello, near

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, in 1811. He studied law and was admitted to the

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in 1818 and commenced practice in

. He was elected as a

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to the 22nd Congress and served from March 4, 1831, until his death by

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near one of the docks in Alexandria, DC at the age of 37, on June 17, 1832. Johnston is interred in the

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His brother

Joseph E. Johnston Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was an American career army officer, serving with distinction in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) and the Seminole Wars. After Virginia secede ...

, was a

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general and also, much later, a U.S. Representative. The Johnston political family of Virginia also includes a nephew,

John W. Johnston John Warfield Johnston (September 9, 1818February 27, 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon, Virginia. He served in the Virginia State Senate, and represented Virginia in the United States Senate when the state was readmitted ...

, who was a

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, and grandnephew

Henry Bowen Henry Bowen (December 26, 1841 – April 29, 1915) was a Virginia lawyer, soldier and politician from Tazewell County, Virginia. After raising a unit which became the 22nd Virginia Cavalry, he fought for the Confederate States of America during ...

, also a U.S. Representative for Virginia.

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Charles Clement Johnston entry
at

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