Daniel D. Johnson

{{short description|American politician}}

{{other people||Daniel Johnson (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Daniel Johnson

| image = DanielJohnson.jpg

| office = President of the Senate of West Virginia

| term = 1872–1877, 1878–1881

| predecessor = Carlos A. Sperry (first term)
Ulysses N. Arnett (second term)

| successor = Ulysses N. Arnett (first term)
Albert E. Summers (second term)

| office2 = Member of the West Virginia Senate

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| birth_name = Daniel Dye Johnson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1836|4|28}}

| birth_place = Tyler County, Virginia
(now West Virginia)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1893|12|18|1836|4|28}}

| death_place = Long Reach, West Virginia, United States

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Mary Maria Martin

| children =

| residence =

| alma_mater =

| profession =

| branch = {{army|USA}}

| serviceyears = 1862–1865

| commands = 14th West Virginia Infantry
{{nowrap|2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division}}

| rank = 35px Colonel, USV

| battles = American Civil War

| allegiance = United States

}}

Daniel Dye Johnson (28 April 1836 - 18 December 1893) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He later became a state senator and Senate President of the West Virginia Senate from Tyler County and served from 1872 to 1877 and from 1879 to 1881.{{cite book|title=Prominent Men of West Virginia: Biographical Sketches, the Growth and Advancement of the State, a Compendium of Returns of Every Election, a Record of Every State Officer|author1=Atkinson, G.W.|author2=Gibbens, A.F.|date=1890|publisher=W. L. Callin|url=https://archive.org/details/prominentmenwes00gibbgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/prominentmenwes00gibbgoog/page/n489 467]|accessdate=2015-08-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/sesquicentennial/johnsondaniel.pdf|date=8 March 2012|author=Joyce Dabiri, Kelly L. Pruett|title=Johnson, Daniel Dye |accessdate=2015-08-27}}{{cite book|title=Myers' History of West Virginia|author=Myers, S.|date=1915|volume=2|publisher=Wheeling News Lithograph Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gz0VAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-08-27}} He died in 1893.{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5068007&Type=Death|title=West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image|publisher=wvculture.org|accessdate=2015-08-27}}{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S5GR-45Y|title=Tree Details — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|accessdate=2015-08-27}}