George W. Johnson (governor)
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George W. Johnson (governor)
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George Washington Johnson was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky. A lawyer-turned-farmer from Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson, a supporter of slavery who owned 26 slaves, favored secession as a means of preventing the Civil War, believing the Union and Confederacy would be forces of equal strength, each too wary to attack the other. As political sentiment in the Commonwealth took a decidedly Union turn following the elections of 1861, Johnson was instrumental in organizing a sovereignty
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American politician and 1st Confederate Governor of Kentucky
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(governor)
date created:
2006-08-17T01:41:19Z
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2024-09-10T17:51:36Z
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