J. Neely Johnson
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John Neely Johnson was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected as the fourth governor of California from 1856 to 1858, and later appointed justice to the Nevada Supreme Court from 1867 to 18
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A lithograph depicting James Casey and Charles Cora being taken prisoner by armed Vigilante Committee members
Portrait of Johnson by William F. Cogswell
Know Nothing
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The American Party, known as the Native American Party before 1855 and colloquially referred to as the Know Nothing, Know-Nothings, or the Know Nothing Party, was an Old Stock nativist political movem
J. Neely Johnson
…as the fourth governor of California from 1856 to 1858, and later appointed justice to the Nevada Supreme Court from 1867 to 1871. As a member of the American Party, Johnson remains one of only two members of a third party to be elected to the California governorship (the other was Hiram Johnson of the Progressive…
Digital Reproduction of the Know Nothing Party Flag
Uncle Sam's youngest son, Citizen Know Nothing, an 1854 print
Fillmore–Donelson campaign poster
An 1855 Ohio Know Nothing Party ticket naming party candidates for state and county offices. At the bottom of the page are voting instructions.