Johnson Harris

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Colonel Johnson Harris (April 19, 1856 – 1921){{Cite book |last=Conley |first=Robert J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jjfu4rAAyU8C&dq=%22Johnson+Harris%22&pg=PA114 |title=A Cherokee Encyclopedia |date=2007 |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |isbn=978-0-8263-3951-5 |pages=114 |language=en}} was a native American politician. His father was of Euro-American descent and his mother was Cherokee. Harris' public life began with his election to the Cherokee senate in 1881. On the death of J. B. Mayes, he was appointed by council as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, from 1891 to 1895.Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore. Oklahoma City: The Warden Company, 1921. Page 165.