JOHNSON, Charles (1752-1802)
Democrat-Republican of North Carolina 
8th congressional district
Served in House 1801-1802
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Biography
Representative from North Carolina; born in Scotland in 1752; pursued an academic course; engaged as a planter; elected to the Continental Congress, 1781, 1784, and 1785, but did not attend; served in the North Carolina state senate, 1781-1784, 1788-1790, and 1792; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-July 23, 1802); died on July 23, 1802, in Bandon, near Edenton, Chowan County, N.C.; interment in Edenton Cemetery (now Strawberry Hill Cemetery), Edenton, N.C.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
