Daniel Johnson (Michigan politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
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|district = 29th
|term_start = January 5, 1853
|term_end = December 31, 1854
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|successor = Henry J. Alvord
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|birth_date = 1821
|birth_place = Haverstraw, New York
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|death_date = {{death date|1860|8|6}} (aged 38–39)
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Daniel S. Johnson (1821{{snds}}August 6, 1860) was a Michigan politician.
Early life
Johnson was born in 1821 in Haverstraw, New York, United States.{{cite book |last=Michigan Historical Commission|date=1924 |title=Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1 |trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2jhAAAAMAAJ|language=English |location= |isbn=}}
Career
Johnson was a ship lumber dealer in New York City. In 1846, Johnson moved to Michigan with his brother Solomon. From 1847 to 1858, Johnson was the leading lumberman in Saginaw Valley. In 1848, the brothers settled land on the Saginaw River and constructed a sawmill there. They named their settlement "Zilwaukie" as a way to attract confused settlers in search of Milwaukee.{{cite web|title=History of Zilwaukee |url=http://www.zilwaukeemichigan.gov/AboutZilwaukee/history.htm |publisher=City of Zilwaukee |access-date=January 13, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721073954/http://www.zilwaukeemichigan.gov/AboutZilwaukee/history.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }} On November 2, 1852, Johnson was elected to the Michigan Senate, where he represented the 29th district from January 5, 1853 to December 31, 1854.{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/802|title=Legislator Details - Daniel Johnson|publisher=Library of Michigan |accessdate=January 13, 2021}} On January 20, 1854, Zilwaukee was organized into a township, and on that day, the first township elections were held in Daniel and Solomon's office. Johnson was elected as one of the first justices of the peace for the township, alongside B. F. Fisher, William H. Marsh, and Casper Schulteis. The Johnson Brothers attempted to found a bank, the Bank of Zilwaukee, and while currency was printed for the bank, it failed in 1858. The currency was never circulated.{{cite book |last=Mills|first=James Cooke |date=1918 |title=History of Saginaw County, Michigan: Historical, Commercial, Biographical, Volume 1 |trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wg4wAAAAYAAJ|language=English |location= |isbn=}}
Personal life
Death
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Category:American city founders
Category:American justices of the peace
Category:Michigan state senators
Category:People from Haverstraw, New York
Category:People from Saginaw County, Michigan
Category:19th-century American judges
Category:19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature
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