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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03135.10.019 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Edwin E. Harris documents, 8th and 9th Battalion, Missouri Infantry |
| Title | Colonel Waldo P. Johnson to Mortimer Johnson |
| Date | 19 March 1861 |
| Author | Johnson, Waldo P. (1817-1885) |
| Recipient | Johnson, Mortimer |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Johnson informs his brother of his recent election to the United States Senate for a six year term beginning 4 March 1861. Relays the proceedings, telling how a resolution was passed requesting Johnson to address the two Houses, which he states as giving "general satisfaction." Says his name was placed in nomination and he was elected with 81 votes. Johnson was later expelled from the Senate (10 January 1862) for his sympathy and participation in the rebellion against the United States. |
| Subjects | Congress Election Government and Civics Children and Family |
| People | Johnson, Waldo Porter (1817-1885) |
| Place written | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Dr Harris's regiment was also known as Clark's 9th Missouri. With related family correspondence concerning the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi west. Dr Harris died at Princeton, Arkansas on 10 September 1864. |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Brother |