| 词条 | Ovid F. Johnson |
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|name = Ovid Fraser Johnson |image = |caption = |office = Pennsylvania Attorney General |term_start = January 15, 1839 |term_end = January 21, 1845 |governor = David R. Porter |predecessor = William B. Reed |successor = John K. Kane |birth_date = {{birth date|1807|3|7}} |birth_place = Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |death_date = {{death date and age|1854|2|10|1807|3|7}} |death_place = Washington, D.C. |spouse = Jane Alricks |children = 4 }} Ovid Fraser Johnson (March 3, 1807 – February, 1854) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, who served as state Attorney General. Biography and careerJohnson was born the son of Jehodia (or Jehoidia) Pitt Johnson and Hannah Fraser (or Frazer or Frazier).[1][2] He was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county in 1831. He married Jane Alricks, a descendent of a New Netherland settler.[1] They had four children. The one named after the father also became a lawyer.[2] Johnson was co-author, with Benjamin Parke, of A Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania, from [7 Apr. 1830 to 15 Apr. 1835] (Harrisburg, 1836). The 1838 election of Governor Porter led to the appointment of Johnson to state Attorney General when he was only 31 years old. Porter's re-election led to Johnson serving two terms. Johnson's most notable case was Prigg v. Pennsylvania, where Edward Prigg was tried by Pennsylvania for kidnapping a "fugitive slave", despite Prigg's acting under the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. Johnson took the unusual view that the federal and state laws were actually compatible, a view that would be rejected by the Supreme Court.[3] References1. ^1 {{cite book|title=Families of the Wyoming Valley: Biographical, Genealogical and Historical. Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|volume=Volume 3|author=George Brubaker Kulp|publisher=E. B. Yordy|year=1890|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJ0sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1165#v=onepage&f=false|pages=1165–7}} {{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{succession box2. ^1 {{cite book|title=A history of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from its first beginnings to the present time: including chapters of newly-discovered early Wyoming Valley history, together with many biographical sketches and much genealogical material|volume=Volume 2|author=Oscar Jewell Harvey|publisher=Raeder Press|year=1909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLBZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA748#v=onepage&f=false|pages=747–8}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Race, Place, and the Law, 1836-1948|author=David Delaney|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=meWGAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT99&pg=PT99#v=onepage&f=false|page=99|isbn=9780292789487}} |title=Attorney General of Pennsylvania |before=William B. Reed |after=John K. Kane |years=1839–1845}}{{s-end}}{{Pennsylvania Attorneys General}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Ovid Fraser}} 6 : 1807 births|1854 deaths|Pennsylvania lawyers|Pennsylvania Attorneys General|Politicians from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|19th-century American politicians |
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