Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "This article is about the American attorney and politician, not to be confused with Congressional Medal of Honor winner Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) (1897-1929). Henry Lincoln \"Linc\" Johnson (July 27, 1870 – September 10, 1925) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia. He is best remembered as one of the most prominent African-American Republicans of the first two decades of the 20th Century and as a leader of the dominant black-and-tan faction of the Republican Party of Georgia. He was appointed by President William Howard Taft as Recorder of the Deeds for the District of Columbia, at the time regarded as the premier political patronage position reserved for black Americans.Following the Democratic administration of Woodrow Wilson, Johnson was again appointed Recorder of the Deeds for the District in June 1921 by Republican President Warren G. Harding, but saw his appointment rejected by the United States Senate, meeting in executive session — an event which garnered newspaper headlines and which marked the finish of Johnson's national political influence.He died on September 10, 1925 at the Freedmen's Hospital after having a stroke at his home in Washington, DC."@en }
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- Henry_Lincoln_Johnson abstract "This article is about the American attorney and politician, not to be confused with Congressional Medal of Honor winner Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) (1897-1929). Henry Lincoln \"Linc\" Johnson (July 27, 1870 – September 10, 1925) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia. He is best remembered as one of the most prominent African-American Republicans of the first two decades of the 20th Century and as a leader of the dominant black-and-tan faction of the Republican Party of Georgia. He was appointed by President William Howard Taft as Recorder of the Deeds for the District of Columbia, at the time regarded as the premier political patronage position reserved for black Americans.Following the Democratic administration of Woodrow Wilson, Johnson was again appointed Recorder of the Deeds for the District in June 1921 by Republican President Warren G. Harding, but saw his appointment rejected by the United States Senate, meeting in executive session — an event which garnered newspaper headlines and which marked the finish of Johnson's national political influence.He died on September 10, 1925 at the Freedmen's Hospital after having a stroke at his home in Washington, DC.".