Claude M. Johnson
Claude M. Johnson (December 1, 1852 – March 21, 1919)[1][2] was a United States printer who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1893 to 1900.
Biography
Claude M. Johnson was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1852.[3] He attended school in Lexington and Rochester, New York.[1]
After school, Johnson returned to Lexington and worked in the grocery and drug business.[3] He was elected to the Lexington city council and then went on to serve as mayor of Lexington from 1880 to 1888.[3]
Johnson had a long-standing relationship with fellow Kentuckian John G. Carlisle.[3] When Carlisle became United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1893, he appointed Johnson Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.[3] He held this office until 1900.[3]
After leaving government service, Johnson worked as an Indian agent in Arizona.[3] He then moved to London and headed a printing company there.[3]
Johnson died in Lexington in 1919 at age 66.[3]
References
- ^ a b Perrin, William Henry (1979) [1882]. History of Fayette County, Kentucky. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press. p. 636.
- ^ "Mayor Six Terms; Dies Claude Johnson Had Notable Career". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. 22 March 1919. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Profile from Bureau of Engraving and Printing Archived 2011-10-15 at the Wayback Machine