Richard Mentor Johnson

ID: 1616
This file appears in: Johnson County Named

Born in a Kentucky frontier settlement, Richard M. Johnson reached great heights on the state and national political scenes, serving as a member of the Kentucky General Assembly, U.S. Senate, and vice president of the United States. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Johnson County Named

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1125 in Johnson County commemorates the naming of the county after Richard Mentor Johnson, a lawyer, soldier, and U.S. Vice President. Johnson was born on October 17, 1781, at…