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|image=Richard johnson.jpg

|image=Richard johnson.jpg

|office=vice

|party=[[Democrat]]

|seq=9

|spouse=none

|term_start=March 4, 1837

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|term_end=March 4, 1841

|offices=

|country=the United States

|pres_dates=

        |president=[[Martin Van Buren]]

|previous=Martin Van Buren

|number=9th

|next=John Tyler

|terms=March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841

|birth_date=October 17, 1780

|preceded=[[Martin Van Buren]]

|birth_place=Beargrass, Kentucky

|former=y

|death_date=November 19, 1850 (aged 70)

|succeeded=[[John Tyler]]

|death_place=Frankfort, Kentucky

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'''Richard Mentor Johnson''' (1780- 1850) was [[Vice President of the United States of America|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 [[United States Senate|Senate]].    He enjoyed a largely unremarkable term in as the Vice President.

'''Richard Mentor Johnson''' (1780- 1850) was [[Vice President of the United States of America|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 [[United States Senate|Senate]].    He enjoyed a largely unremarkable term in as the Vice President.