William Johnson
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{{Officeholder |name=William Johnson |image= |party=Democratic-Republican |spouse= |religion=Presbyterian |offices= {{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice |role=Associate |nominator=Thomas Jefferson |terms=March 26, 1804 – August 4, 1834 |preceded=[[Alfred Moore] |former=y |succeeded=James Moore Wayne }} }} William Johnson (December 27, 1771 - August 4, 1834) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the "Court's first great dissenter",[1] writing almost half the dissents filed during his tenure of three decades on the Court.[2]
References
- ↑ William Johnson (English) (HTML). Oyez. Chicago-Kent School of Law.
- ↑ William Johnson, Jr. (English) (HTML). South Carolina Encyclopedia.