Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939) was an American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor.
[ At the time of his death, he had been a '']Washington Evening Star
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'' staff member for 47 years.[ Prior to joining the ''Evening Star'', he had been an editorial writer for '']The Washington Post
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Works
* ''Sayings of Uncle Eben'' (1896)
* ''Now-A-Day Poems'' (1900)
* ''Songs Of The G. O. P.'' (1900)
* ''Senator Sorghum's primer of politics'' (1906)
* ''No use kickin' '' (1909)
* ''In the tall timber : an opera bluffe'' (1912)
* '' Somewhere In France Is the Lily'' (1917). L: Joseph E. Howard
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American male journalists
1866 births
1939 deaths
Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery
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