Major Richard Johnson

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Tecumseh
gptkbp:awards Medal of Honor
gptkbp:birthDate 1780-10-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kentucky,_USA
gptkbp:campaigns War of 1812
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Johnson_Jr.
gptkbp:civicEngagement Local_politics_in_Michigan
gptkbp:contribution Defeated_Tecumseh's_Confederacy
gptkbp:culturalImpact Portrayal in literature
gptkbp:deathDate 1850-01-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Michigan,_USA
gptkbp:descendant Multiple children
Johnson_family
gptkbp:education gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:British_forces
gptkbp:historicalContext Early 19th century America
gptkbp:historicalRole Military leader
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Commemorated in local history
Role_in_U.S._expansionism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major Richard Johnson
gptkbp:influence Kentucky_politics
gptkbp:influenceOn U.S._military_tactics
gptkbp:involvedIn Native_American_relations
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership in the War of 1812
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_U.S._military_history
gptkbp:legislation 1829-03-04
1819-03-04
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Kentucky_Militia
Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService Frontier_service
gptkbp:nationalTeam gptkb:Kentucky
gptkbp:nickname The Hero of the Thames
gptkbp:notableFor Battle of the Thames
gptkbp:office gptkb:Vice_President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:personalLife Married_to_Lydia_Johnson
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Forest_Hill_Cemetery,_Ann_Arbor,_Michigan
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Democratic-Republican_politics
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic-Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:George_M._Dallas
gptkbp:president gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:rank Major
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Michigan_Territory
gptkbp:servedIn War of 1812
gptkbp:serviceYears 1812-1815
gptkbp:spouse Lydia_Johnson
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkbp:termEnd 1841-03-04
gptkbp:termStart 1837-03-04