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Samuel Johnston - Encyclopedia.com (838 words) |
 | He was elected to the four provincial congresses (1774-76), presiding at the third and at the fourth, which passed the Halifax Resolves declaring for independence of the colonies; served in the new state senate; and represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress (1780-82). |
| Johnston was governor of North Carolina (1787-89) and presided over the convention that rejected the U.S. Constitution (1788) and over the one (1789) at which North Carolina finally ratified it. |
| Johnston was preceded in death by her husband, F. Maddox Johnston. |
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Samuel Johnston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (438 words) |
| Samuel Johnston (December 15, 1733– August 17, 1816) was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Chowan County, North Carolina. |
| Johnston was born in Dundee, Scotland, but came to America when his father (Samuel, Sr.) moved to Onslow County, North Carolina in 1736. |
| Johnston served as Governor of North Carolina from 1777 to 1789. |
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