Richard M. Johnson

Richard M. Johnson
9th Vice President of the United States From: March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
President	Martin Van Buren
Predecessor	Martin Van Buren
Successor	John Tyler
Former U.S. Senator from Kentucky From: December 10, 1819 – March 3, 1829
Predecessor	John J. Crittenden
Successor	George M. Bibb
U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 13th and 5th Congressional District From: March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837
Predecessor	Robert L. McHatton
Successor	William W. Southgate
U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 4th and 3rd Congressional District From: March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1819
Predecessor	Thomas Sandford
Successor	William Brown
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Party	Democrat
Spouse(s)	Julia Chinn
Religion	Baptist

Richard Mentor Johnson (1780- 1850) was Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under Martin Van Buren. In 1806, he represented Kentucky in the House, but left to fight in the War of 1812. He claimed to have killed the Indian chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Thames in 1813, engendering the slogan "Rumpsey Dumpsey, Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh." He returned to the House of Representatives and in 1819 was appointed to his seat in the Senate. He enjoyed a largely unremarkable term in as the Vice President.

He was the first of the three Vice Presidents named Johnson (the other two are Andrew Johnson, and Lyndon B. Johnson.)