Thomas Dillard Johnston (April 1, 1840 – June 22, 1902) was a
Representative from
North Carolina.
Born in
Waynesville,
Haywood County, North Carolina, April 1, 1840; attended the common schools and Col. Stephen Lee’s Preparatory School,
Asheville, N.C.; entered the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1858, but left in the spring of 1859 on account of failing health; studied law; entered the
Confederate Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
in the spring of 1861; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Asheville; mayor of Asheville in 1869; member of the State house of representatives 1870-1874; declined to be a candidate for reelection; served in the State senate in 1876; elected as a
Democrat to the
Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Asheville, N.C., on June 22, 1902; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
Sources
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Thomas Dillard
1840 births
1902 deaths
People from Waynesville, North Carolina
Confederate States Army soldiers
Mayors of Asheville, North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Democratic Party North Carolina state senators
19th-century American politicians