William Samuel Johnson - Revision history

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 The town of Johnson, Vermont, and its Johnson State College are both named for him.
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 '''William Samuel Johnson''' was the first president of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]], and son of [[King's College]] founding president [[Samuel Johnson]]. Less importantly, he was a signer of the U.S. Constitution and served as a U.S. Senator representing [[Connecticut]]...after staying completely on the sidelines of the Revolutionary War.
-Johnson had followed in his father's footsteps, obtaining his education at [[Yale]]. He rejected his father's pressure to join the clergy, however, preferring a career in law. Later successful in the profession, he became renowned as a scholar and received honorary degrees from [[Harvard]] and [[Oxford]]. The later, and a residency in London, had prompted Johnson's loyalist, and later Federalist sympathies.
+Johnson had followed in his father's footsteps, obtaining his education at [[Yale]]. He rejected his father's pressure to join the clergy, however, preferring a career in law. Later successful in the profession, he became renowned as a scholar and received honorary degrees from [[Harvard]] and [[Oxford]]. The latter, along with a residency in London, had prompted Johnson's loyalist, and later Federalist sympathies.
 The town of Johnson, Vermont, and its Johnson State College are both named for him.

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 '''William Samuel Johnson''' was the first president of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]], and son of [[King's College]] founding president [[Samuel Johnson]]. Less importantly, he was a signer of the U.S. Constitution and served as a U.S. Senator representing [[Connecticut]]...after staying completely on the sidelines of the Revolutionary War.
-Johnson had followed in his father's footsteps, obtaining his education at [[Yale]]. He rejected his father's pressure to join the clergy, however, preferring a career in law. Later successful in the profession, he became renown as a scholar and received honorary degrees from [[Harvard]] and [[Oxford]]. The later, and a residency in London, had prompted Johnson's loyalist, and later Federalist sympathies.
+Johnson had followed in his father's footsteps, obtaining his education at [[Yale]]. He rejected his father's pressure to join the clergy, however, preferring a career in law. Later successful in the profession, he became renowned as a scholar and received honorary degrees from [[Harvard]] and [[Oxford]]. The later, and a residency in London, had prompted Johnson's loyalist, and later Federalist sympathies.
 The town of Johnson, Vermont, and its Johnson State College are both named for him.

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-'''William Samuel Johnson''' was the first president of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]], son of [[Samuel Johnson]]. Less importantly, he was a signer of the U.S. Constitution and served as a U.S. Senator representing [[Connecticut]]...after staying completely on the sidelines of the Revolutionary War.
+'''William Samuel Johnson''' was the first president of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]], and son of [[King's College]] founding president [[Samuel Johnson]]. Less importantly, he was a signer of the U.S. Constitution and served as a U.S. Senator representing [[Connecticut]]...after staying completely on the sidelines of the Revolutionary War.
 Johnson had followed in his father's footsteps, obtaining his education at [[Yale]]. He rejected his father's pressure to join the clergy, however, preferring a career in law. Later successful in the profession, he became renown as a scholar and received honorary degrees from [[Harvard]] and [[Oxford]]. The later, and a residency in London, had prompted Johnson's loyalist, and later Federalist sympathies.

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		+	'''William Samuel Johnson''' was the first president of the newly-renamed [[Columbia College]], son of [[Samuel Johnson]]. Less importantly, he was a signer of the U.S. Constitution and served as a U.S. Senator representing [[Connecticut]]...after staying completely on the sidelines of the Revolutionary War.
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		+	Johnson had followed in his father's footsteps, obtaining his education at [[Yale]]. He rejected his father's pressure to join the clergy, however, preferring a career in law. Later successful in the profession, he became renown as a scholar and received honorary degrees from [[Harvard]] and [[Oxford]]. The later, and a residency in London, had prompted Johnson's loyalist, and later Federalist sympathies.
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		+	The town of Johnson, Vermont, and its Johnson State College are both named for him.

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